| Prosecuting Corporations for Genocide Contributor(s): Kelly, Michael J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0190238895 ISBN-13: 9780190238896 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $142.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | International - Law | Corporate - Law | Criminal Law - General |
| Dewey: 345.025 |
| LCCN: 2015028216 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9.4" (1.19 lbs) 280 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |