Prosecuting Corporations for Genocide
Kelly, Michael J.; Moreno Ocampo, Luis
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Description for Prosecuting Corporations for Genocide
hardcover. Prosecuting Corporations for Genocide explains how multinational corporations should be criminally liable for their role in financing or otherwise supporting atrocities like genocide. This book demonstrates how international criminal jurisdiction should be extended over corporations for atrocities and makes the case that it should be done promptly. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ; LBBS; LBBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Modern corporations are key participants in the new globalized economy. As such, they have been accorded tremendous latitude and granted extensive rights. However, accompanying obligations have not been similarly forthcoming. Chief among them is the obligation not to commit atrocities or human rights abuses in the pursuit of profit. Multinational corporations are increasingly complicit in genocides that occur in the developing world. While they benefit enormously from the crime, they are immune from prosecution at the international level. Prosecuting Corporations for Genocide proposes new legal pathways to ensure such companies are held criminally liable for their conduct by ... Read more
Modern corporations are key participants in the new globalized economy. As such, they have been accorded tremendous latitude and granted extensive rights. However, accompanying obligations have not been similarly forthcoming. Chief among them is the obligation not to commit atrocities or human rights abuses in the pursuit of profit. Multinational corporations are increasingly complicit in genocides that occur in the developing world. While they benefit enormously from the crime, they are immune from prosecution at the international level. Prosecuting Corporations for Genocide proposes new legal pathways to ensure such companies are held criminally liable for their conduct by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PR United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190238896
SKU
V9780190238896
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About Kelly, Michael J.; Moreno Ocampo, Luis
Michael J. Kelly is Associate Dean and Professor of Law at Creighton University. He is president of the U.S. National Section of L'Association International du Droit Pénal (AIDP), a Paris-based society of international criminal law scholars, judges and attorneys founded in 1924 that enjoys consultative status with the United Nations. Professor Kelly is a member of the International Association of ... Read more
Reviews for Prosecuting Corporations for Genocide
Prosecuting Corporations for Genocide proposes a new horizon for international criminal justice. Via thorough analysis of previous experiences, cases, moral and legal arguments, Professor Kelly explores the potential of including corporations under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court and suggests a viable path for so doing...I applaud his invitation to reopen this much-needed conversation...Forcing us to keep discussing how ... Read more