Corporate human rights violations: global prospects for legal action

Introduction : the rarefied politics of global legal struggles -- From economic cannibalism to corporate human rights liabilities -- Different shades of voluntarism -- A manufactured consensus -- Tort law and the struggle against corporate human rights violations -- Struggles for corporate accountability in the human rights courts -- 'Human' rights for profit -- Conclusion : new mechanisms of accountability for corporate human rights violations?

1. From economic cannibalism to corporate human rights liabilities -- 2. Different shades of voluntarism -- 3. A manufactured consensus -- 4. Tort law and the struggle against corporate human rights violations -- 5. Struggles for corporate accountability in the human rights courts -- 6. 'Human' rights for profit.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgement -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: the rarefied politics of global legal struggles -- Introduction: corporate human rights violations -- Human rights and corporate accountability -- A mirror image? -- The rarefied politics of global consent -- Global social ordering -- Counter-hegemony and resistance? -- The structure of the book -- Notes -- 1. From economic cannibalism to corporate human rights liabilities -- Introduction -- Corporations, human rights and the UN -- The UN Code of Conduct in a divided world -- Corporations as bearers of rights -- Corporations as political institutions -- The Draft Norms -- Lobbying the Norms -- The NGO lobby -- Conclusion: untangling the roots of UN policy -- Note -- 2. Different shades of voluntarism -- Introduction -- The Global Compact: 'support group' or 'good old boys club'? -- An American in the court of King Kofi -- The 'continuation of a business-friendly agenda'? -- The Guiding Principles -- A fake consensus -- Conclusion -- Note -- 3. A manufactured consensus -- Introduction -- Evaluating the role of the OECD Guidelines -- Complaints taken by NGOs -- Mutual agreement? -- No enforcement -- Corporate structural advantage -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4. Tort law and the struggle against corporate human rights violations -- Introduction -- The civil justice system and corporate accountability -- Alien Tort Claims Act 1789 -- The business lobby celebrates -- European transnational tort cases -- Transnational jurisdiction and the imperial court -- Transnational struggle? -- Conclusion: nearly absolute non-accountability -- Notes -- 5. Struggles for corporate accountability in the human rights courts -- Introduction -- Positive and negative obligations