Developing countries are attracting a significant portion of global foreign direct investments.
Governments of such countries often compete fiercely for attracting multinational …

As corporations are going global, they are increasingly confronted with human rights
challenges. As such, new ways to deal with human rights challenges in corporate operations …

The sands of corporate criminal liability for atrocities are shifting. Demands for corporate
accountability have risen significantly over the last decades and have manifested …

Courts without Borders is the first book to examine the politics of judicial extraterritoriality,
with a focus on the world's chief practitioner: the United States. For much of the post-World …

This book develops an analysis of the historical, political and legal contexts behind current
demands by NGOs and the United Nations Human Rights Council to hold corporations …

Business and human rights are often thought to be antithetical, but as societal expectations
on companies have grown, it has become increasingly important for businesses to …

This book explores the potential of the current investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)
mechanism to materialise the responsibility of foreign investors through the states' …

The circumpolar Arctic region is at the forefront of rapid change, and with change come
concerns regarding potential security threats.'Security is an ever-changing, dynamic issue …

Increasingly, over the past decades, the health impact of the extractive industries has
generated concern across the globe. This special edition of New Solutions on the extractive …

In 1948, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights (UDHR) for all people and all nations. 1 Such a proclamation was one of the …