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Title Commercial law and human rights / edited by Stephen Bottomley, David Kinley
Published Aldershot : Ashgate Dartmouth, 2002

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Description xiv, 341 pages ; 22 cm
Contents 1. Comment on papers presented at the Commercial Law and Human Rights Conference / Sir Anthony Mason -- 2. Human rights as legally binding or merely relevant? / David Kinley -- 3. Corporations and human rights / Stephen Bottomley -- 4. The business case for human rights - the Amnesty International perspective / Rory Sullivan and Des Hogan -- 5. Human rights and global business / Robert McCorquodale -- 6. Human rights and transnational litigation: interesting points of intersection / Andrew Bell -- 7. Corporate governance and sexual harassment / Christine Parker and Leon Wolff -- 8. The Human Rights Act 1998 and commercial law in the United Kingdom / James Strachan -- 9. Intellectual property and human rights / Sam Ricketson -- 10. The rights to food, health and intellectual property in the era of 'biogopolies' / Peter Drahos -- 11. Equality, freedom and democracy - tax law and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms / Clair Young -- 12. Administrative law, commerce and human rights / John McMillan -- 13. Labour law and human rights / Phillipa Weeks -- 14. Native title in commercial practice - a question of human rights or risk management? / Bryan Horrigan
Summary 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) of 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 commercial 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
Analysis Human rights
Commercial law
Multinational corporations
Corporate governance
Discrimination
Intellectual property
Native title
United States
Canada
Notes Papers based on a conference held at the Australian National University in Sept. 1999
Bibliography Includes index
Subject Commercial law -- Congresses.
Human rights -- Congresses.
Human rights -- Economic aspects.
Commercial law -- Political aspects.
Commercial law.
Human rights.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Bottomley, Stephen, editor
Kinley, David (Lecturer in law), editor
LC no. 2001094260