Prosecuting Corporations for Genocide (Hardcover)

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 creating a framework for international criminal jurisdiction. If a state or a person commits genocide, they are punished, and international law demands such. Nevertheless, corporate actors have successfully avoided this through an array of legal arguments which Professor Kelly challenges. He demonstrates how international criminal jurisdiction should be extended over corporations for complicity in genocide and makes the case that it should be done promptly.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2016
Authors:	Michael J. Kelly (Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Graduate & International Programs; Professor of Law) • Luis Moreno Ocampo (Global Practice Counsel (Founding prosecutor of the International Criminal Court))
Dimensions:	243 x 162 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-023889-6
Categories:	Books > Law > International law > International criminal law Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International humanitarian law Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Other warfare & defence issues > War crimes > Genocide
LSN:	0-19-023889-5
Barcode:	9780190238896

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