Achieving Access to Justice in a Business and Human Rights Context. : : An Assessment of Litigation and Regulatory Responses in European Civil-Law Countries / / Virginie Rouas.

• Superior document: OBServing Law
• VerfasserIn: Rouas, Virginie,
• Place / Publishing House: London : : University of London Press,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: OBServing Law
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxx, 390 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.

Achieving Access to Justice in a Business and Human Rights Context explores the interplay between access to justice and business and human rights- a growing area of international human rights law- in European civil-law countries.

Table of Contents

Part I. Setting the scene: access to justice and corporate accountability in Europe; 1. Introduction. -- 2. Corporate accountability and access to justice in international and European legal frameworks. --3. The rise of transnational litigation against multinational enterprises. -- Part II. Suing multinational enterprises in Europe: comparing national experiences in civil law jurisdictions; 4. Civil litigation against multinational enterprises in France and the Netherlands. -- 5. Criminal litigation against multinational enterprises in France and the Netherlands. -- 6. Holding multinational enterprises liable in France and the Netherlands. -- Part III. Future pathways for access to justice in business and human rights; 7. Achieving access to justice in Europe through mandatory due diligence legislation. -- 8. Achieving access to justice through an international treaty on business and human rights. -- 9. Conclusions