Taking Multinationals to Court: How the Alien Tort Act Promotes.... Joshua Kurlantzick.
by Kurlantzick, Joshua; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 50Human Relations. Publisher: World Policy Journal, 2004ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Actions and defenses | Alien Tort Claims Act (1789) | Burma -- Armed Forces | Burma -- Politics and government | Forced labor | Human rights | Human rights -- Burma | International business enterprises | Joint ventures | Liability (Law) | Social responsibility of business | Unocal CorpDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Now, for the first time in history, an American court has shown itself willing to let such a suit go to trial to consider whether a U.S. corporation can be penalized for knowingly standing by while its overseas partners--in this case a foreign military--commit abuses, even if the company did not actually direct the abuses itself." (WORLD POLICY JOURNAL) This article examines the use of the Alien Tort Act to help victims of rights abuses by multinational corporations and their partners and relates how this new technique may help enforce human rights internationally.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Taking Multinationals to Court: How the Alien Tort Act Promotes..., Spring 2004; pp. 60-67.
"Now, for the first time in history, an American court has shown itself willing to let such a suit go to trial to consider whether a U.S. corporation can be penalized for knowingly standing by while its overseas partners--in this case a foreign military--commit abuses, even if the company did not actually direct the abuses itself." (WORLD POLICY JOURNAL) This article examines the use of the Alien Tort Act to help victims of rights abuses by multinational corporations and their partners and relates how this new technique may help enforce human rights internationally.
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