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This leading text in the field covers all the major regulatory areas relating to the operations of multinational enterprises, analysing them not only in a legal but also a political and economic context. It is a definitive reference work for students, researchers, and practitioners working with multinational enterprises.
List of contents
- I. The Conceputal Framework
- 1: Getting to Know Multinationals
- 2: Business and Legal Forms of Multinational Enterprise
- 3: Regulating Multinationals
- 4: Jurisdiction and MNE Regulation
- II. Economic Regulation
- 5: Control of Inward Investment
- 6: Liberalisation and Promotion of Inward Investment
- 7: Taxation
- 8: Multinational Group Liability and Directors Duties
- 9: Corporate Governance and Disclosure
- 10: Ebbe Rogge: Regulating Multinational Banks
- 11: Competition
- 12: Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer
- III. The Social Dimension
- 13: Labour Relations
- 14: Human Rights
- 15: Environmental Issues
- IV. The Impact of International Investment Law
- 16: The Control of Investment Risks Through International Investment Agreements
- 17: Investor-State Dispute Settlement
About the author
Peter Muchlinski is Emeritus Professor in International Commercial Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Prior to joining SOAS he was Professor of Law and International Business at Kent Law School, University of Kent (2001-5). He was a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the London School of Economics (1983-1998), and Drapers' Professor of Law in the Law Department of Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, from 1998 to 2001. He specialises in international business and economic law, comparative corporate law and international investment law in which fields he has authored numerous papers and articles. His more recent published work concentrates on business and human rights. He is a door tenant at Brick Court Chambers, London, and has also acted as a legal adviser to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on investment law and policy issues.
Summary
This leading text in the field covers all the major regulatory areas relating to the operations of multinational enterprises, analysing them not only in a legal but also a political and economic context. It is a definitive reference work for students, researchers, and practitioners working with multinational enterprises.
Additional text
Peter Muchlinski's formidable volume, Multinational Enterprises and the Law, came out in its third edition in 2021, and should be on the reading list of all scholars working in the area - or areas, rather, as the book canvasses a remarkable number of themes relevant to multinational enterprises.
