Tort claims against transnational corporations in the US

2016 ◽  
pp. 152-171
Keyword(s):  
Transnational Corporations ◽  
The Us ◽  
Tort Claims

Meandering Jurisprudence and Unanticipated Legacies

2020 ◽  
pp. 130-146
Author(s):  
Mark Drumbl
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
International Criminal Tribunal ◽  
Civil Litigation ◽  
Public International Law ◽  
Trial Judges ◽  
The Us ◽  
Alien Tort Statute ◽  
Tort Claims

Assessments of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia’s (ICTY) jurisprudential legacy tend to focus on the ICTY’s relationships with domestic criminal law. This chapter turns a new corner by examining the ICTY’s unexpected footprints in domestic civil litigation, specifically private tort claims brought in the US under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS, or Alien Tort Claims Act). Incorporation of international (including ICTY) materials in US ATS litigation remains a contested matter in which individual judges (both trial judges and appellate judges) demonstrate idiosyncratic behaviour. Some are ‘international law ignorers’, some are ‘international law enforcers’, some are ‘international law translators’, and some are ‘international law creators’. On this note, the ICTY’s legacy also touches upon broader questions of public international law and transnational legal migrations.

scholarly journals CORPORATE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES OF THE US TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

2021 ◽  
pp. 3301-3307
Author(s):  
С.А. КАЗАРЯН ◽  
Т.Р. БОЗОЯН
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Transnational Corporations ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
The Us ◽  
Corporate Social

В статье проводится исследование особенностей осуществления корпоративной социальной деятельности американского транснационального бизнеса в развивающихся странах Юго-Восточной Азии. В исследовании проводится анализ концепций государственного регулирования и корпоративной совести применительно к транснациональным корпорациям. Авторы статьи обосновывают тезис о том, что американские ТНК являются наиболее влиятельными в мире, тем не менее, их корпоративная социальная деятельность в Юго-Восточной Азии нуждается в повышении эффективности.

Corporate Accountability and Indigenous Peoples: Prospects and Limitations of the US Alien Tort Claims Act

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jérémie Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
Corporate Accountability ◽  
Rio Tinto ◽  
The Us ◽  
Practical Analysis ◽  
Tort Claims

Indigenous peoples are often the victims of human rights violations at the hands of multinational corporations (MNCs). Since there are few avenues to ensure accountability for such violations, the US Alien Tort Claim Act (ATCA) has become one of the principal vehicles to ensure such liability. With varying degrees of success, ATCA has proven to be an attractive statute for ensuring accountability of MNCs. In recent years several cases have been lodged by indigenous peoples, including pioneering cases against corporations such as Texaco, Shell, Chevron and Rio Tinto. This article aims at analysing the prospects but also the limitations of such a national tort act to provide remedies for human rights violations to indigenous communities. In doing so the article provides a practical analysis on the strengths and weaknesses of using ATCA as a tool for human rights litigation against MNCs.

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