Essays about: "corporate civil liability"

Found 5 essays containing the words corporate civil liability.

  1. 1. Unravelling Corporate Civil Liability in the Proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive through Value Chain Governance and the Concept of Sustainability Due Diligence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Malin Maud Hasselblatt; [2023]
    Keywords : Law and Political Science;

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  2. 2. Getting hard to resist: Prospect of mandatory human rights due diligence in Ukraine

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Ihor Konopka; [2021]
    Keywords : Business and human rights; corporate respect for human rights; due diligence; human rights due diligence; mandatory human rights due diligence; corporate civil liability; Ukraine; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The 2011 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) introduced human rights due diligence (HRDD) as a societal expectation to businesses to implement a new kind of due diligence risk management process to ‘know and show’ they respect human rights. Ten years later, mandatory human rights due diligence (mHRDD) legislation imposing a legal duty to carry out HRDD has become mainstream across Europe. READ MORE

  3. 3. Bridging the Accountability Gap - A study of the civil liability of parent companies for business-related human rights abuse in Sweden, France and the United Kingdom

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Henna Kjellberg; [2019]
    Keywords : civil law; company law; international human rights law; tort law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The lack of accountability for human rights violations arising out of the activities of multinational enterprises has been identified as a key impediment to the fulfillment of universal human rights and the corresponding access to remedy for victims. However, the last couple of years have witnessed an increasing movement to bridge the accountability gap on the national and international level. READ MORE

  4. 4. Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims: Multiple Perspectives and Legal Implications

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Kourosh Taheri; [2013]
    Keywords : Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The thesis is an attempt to analyse the concept of limitation of liability for maritime claims with multiple legal and policy perspectives. In trying to analyse the issues related to limitation of liability, the thesis explores the historical background to the development of the concept of limitation of liability within both civil and common law. READ MORE

  5. 5. Corporate establishment in China : A comparative study of establishment options available for an Aktiebolag when entering the Chinese market.

    University essay from IHH, Rättsvetenskap

    Author : Lenny Dunmark; [2006]
    Keywords : company law; WTO; China;

    Abstract : There are many Swedish companies active on the Chinese market, since China’s accession to the WTO the year 2001 China has gotten even more interesting. China’s WTO accession does not only make it easier for Swedish companies to be present in China, it also provides Chinese companies an increased opportunity to access the Swedish market. READ MORE