Commercial Law and Human Rights
Published on 28. November 2001
Book
Hardback
356 pages
978-0-7546-2136-2 (ISBN)
Description
In an environment of globalization, privatization and corporatization, the intersection of commercial law and human rights has raised fundamental questions of international significance for commercial lawyers, governments and non-government organizations alike. This book explores the extent and implications of this intersection, in areas such as the legal responsibilities (actual and potential) multi-national corporations and obligations under international law, extra-territorial state laws, labour law, anti-discrimination legislation, native title rights, intellectual property, commercial litigation, tax law and the commercial development of biotechnology. The aim of the book is to encourage commerical lawyers to consider the significance of human rights issues for their work and also human rights lawyers and activists to consider the importance of commercial law to their work.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 159 mm
Width: 223 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7546-2136-2 (9780754621362)
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Content
Comment on papers presented at the Commerical Law and Human Rights Conference, Sir Anthony Mason; human rights as legally binding or merely relevant?, David Kinley; corporations and human rights, Stephen Bottomley; the business case for human rights - the Amnesty International perspective, Rory Sullivan and Des Hogan; human rights and global business, Robert McCorquodale; human rights and transnational litigation - interesting points of intersection, Andrew Bell; corporate governance and sexual harassment, Christine Parker and Leon Wolff; the Human Rights Act 1998 and commercial law, James Strachan; intellectual property and human rights, Sam Ricketson; the rights to food, health and intellectual property in the era of "biogopolies", Peter Drahos; equality, freedom and democracy - tax law and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Claire Young; administrative law, commerce and human rights, John McMillan; labour law and human rights, Phillipa Weeks; nativ title in commercial practice - a question of human rights or risk management?, Bryan Horrigan.