Conceptualising Transnational Corporate Groups for International Criminal Law

Name: Conceptualising Transnational Corporate Groups for International Criminal Law
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Cover
Introduction
A. Research Question and State of Research
1. Status Quo in International Criminal Law
2. Discussion on Corporations
a. Origins: The Rome Conference
b. Focus on National Criminal Law Theory
c. No Definition of the Object of Regulation
3. Regulation Gap in National Law
4. General Premises for Definition
a. Independence from National Law
b. Principle of Complementarity
c. Criminal Law Premises
d. Summary
B. Structure
1. Links to Existing Legal Concepts
a. International Law
b. EU Competition Law
c. UK Law
d. US Alien Tort Statute
e. Comprehensive Analysis of Criteria
2. Economic Analysis
3. Case Study
C. Possible Use of the Concept
Chapter I: Transnational Corporate Groups in International Law
A. Transnational Corporate Groups as Subjects of International Law
1. Arguments Concerning a de lege lata InternationalLegal Personality
2. No Definition of the Object of Regulation
B. Transnational Corporate Groups in International Treaty Law
1. Human Rights Treaties
2. International Labour Law
3. International Environmental Law
4. Summary
C. Transnational Corporate Groups in International Investment Law
1. Investments of Transnational Corporate Groups
2. Determining the Investor's Nationality
a. Bilateral Investment Treaties
b. Diplomatic Protection
3. Article 25 (2) b ICSID Convention
a. Consent to Apply Article 25 (2) b ICSID Convention
b. General Criteria for Control
c. Pyramidal Transnational Corporate Groups
d. Limits to Corporate Group Structure Arguments
4. Special Requirements in Bilateral Investment Treaties
5. Abuse in International Investment Law
6. Summary
D. Transnational Corporate Groups in Soft Law
1. UN Norms and the Special Representative
2. OECD Guidelines
3. ILO Tripartite Declaration
4. Summary
E. Summary
Chapter II: Transnational Corporate Groups in EU Competition Law
A. Corporate Groups as one Undertaking
B. Control as a Decisive Criterion
1. Control via Shareholdings
a. Presumption for Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
b. Other Shareholdings
2. Indicia for Decisive Influence
a. Involvement in Day-to-Day Business
b. Strategic Control
c. Integrated Business
d. Personnel Links
e. Unified Appearance
f. Reporting Obligations
3. Rebuttal
a. General Criteria
b. Successful Rebuttals
4. Summary
C. Consequences
1. A Corporate Group as a Perpetrator
2. Jurisdiction
3. Succession
4. Fines
5. Procedure
D. Summary
Chapter III: UK Law as a Counterapproach toEU Competition Law
A. Attribution of Acts and Knowledge to Corporations
B. The Rule: Separate Legal Personalities
1. The Salomon Principle
2. Transfer to Corporate Groups
C. The Exceptions
1. Single Entity
2. Piercing the Corporate Veil
3. Agency within Corporate Groups
4. Beneficial Ownership
5. Direct Duty of Parent
6. Interpretation of Contracts and Statutes
D. Summary
Chapter IV: US Approaches to Transnational Corporate Groups
A. Alien Torts Statute: Transnational Corporate Group Litigation
1. Subject Matter
2. Corporations as Potential Perpetrators
a. Private Actors
b. Corporations
3. Corporate Groups as Potential Perpetrators
a. General Standards
b. Agency
i. General Agency Test
ii. Parental Control
c. Alter Ego
d. Enterprise Theory
4. Transnational Reach of Corporate Groups
a. Territorial Jurisdiction
i. Presumption Against Extraterritoriality
ii. Rebuttal
b. Forum Non Conveniens
5. Summary
B. The Notion of Undertaking in US Antitrust Law
1. Group Privilege
2. Extension of Copperweld Jurisprudence
3. No Single Economic Entity Doctrine
Chapter V: Comprehensive Analysis of Criteria
Chapter VI: Transnational Corporate Groups in Economic andManagement Theory
A. Methodology and Terminology
B. Control as a Decisive Criterion
1. Transaction Cost Economics
2. Other Theories
3. Summary
C. Criteria of Control
1. Control via Shareholdings
2. Organisational Structure
a. Decentralisation
b. Relationships within Transnational Corporate Groups
3. Integrated Business
a. Vertical Integration
b. Horizontal Integration
4. Personnel Links
5. Unified Appearance
6. Reporting Obligations
7. Summary and Limitations
D. Corporate Groups and Limited Liability
1. Limited Liability: A Short Introduction
2. Corporate Groups
a. Fostering Innovation
b. Specific Risks
3. Summary
E. Summary
Chapter VII: Concept in Practice: A Brief Case Study
A. Material Allegations
B. Corporate Group Structure
C. Application of Set of Criteria
1. Power to Control
2. Exercise of Parental Control
a. Involvement in Day-to-Day Management
b. Strategic Control
c. Integrated Business
d. Personnel Links
e. Unified Appearance
f. Reporting Obligations
3. Result
Summary
Outlook: Consequences for International Criminal Law
Table of Cases
INTERNATIONAL CASES
PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
NUERNBERG MILITARY TRIBUNALS UNDER CONTROLCOUNCIL LAW NO. 10
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMERYUGOSLAVIA
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR SETTLEMENT OF INVESTMENTDISPUTES
UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE
AD HOC TRIBUNALS
EUROPEAN CASES
EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE
GENERAL COURT
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
NATIONAL CASES
AUSTRALIAN HIGH COURT
BUNDESGERICHTSHOF
BUNDESKARTELLAMT
HOUSE OF LORDS (UNITED KINGDOM)
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED KINGDO
PRIVY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
HER MAJESTY'S COURT OF APPEAL IN ENGLAND,CIVIL DIVISION
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND AND WALES
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
UNITED STATES COURTS OF APPEALS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
UNITED STATES STATE COURT
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