This book examines the civil liabilities of corporations for torts and breaches of international and human rights law. It illustrates how legal principles, such as the duty of care, can be applied to promote corporate accountability and resolve human rights abuses issues.
Rethinking Sustainable Development in Terms of Justice
This title explores renewed and distinctive approaches to the sustainability and justice debate, integrating a range of perspectives that include moral philosophy, sociology and law.
Sovereignty and Justice
The ICC’s legitimacy rests on complementing, not violating, national sovereignty. For this to work, states must ensure their trials meet international standards, with support from the ICC and the global community. This book offers recommendations to succeed.
Nigeria’s telecommunications industry is fast-growing but legally under-researched. This book bridges that gap by providing an essential analysis of the legal and policy instruments that regulate this dynamic sector, from licensing and competition to consumer protection.
Putin’s war in Ukraine is a stark violation of international humanitarian law. This book analyzes the International Criminal Court and alternative judicial avenues to hold perpetrators accountable for war crimes and secure justice for the victims.
Think Consumer
Contrary to mainstream thinking, this book argues that the quality function of a trade mark should be enforced by law. This encourages traders to improve goods over advertising, reducing consumer search costs and bridging the gap between legal theory and reality.
This monograph on tort law in Ukraine analyzes current legislation and develops a new classification of torts. The author argues for introducing a system of extraordinary torts and examines the mechanism of compensation for damage in private international law.
Trade and Labour Standards
Mega-regional agreements pose one of the most significant challenges to international labour law. This book examines the social dimension of TTP, CETA, and TTIP, arguing that trade liberalisation should be accompanied by progress in the social and labour field.
TRIPS Agreement of the WTO
This book examines how the WTO’s TRIPS agreement impacts agriculture and public health in LDCs like Bangladesh. It argues that its one-size-fits-all approach harms development and shows how LDCs can use TRIPS flexibilities to protect their interests.