Human Rights Law and Corporate Regulation - 9781032833781

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Human Rights Law and Corporate RegulationA Neo-Concession Approach\nAuthor(s): Jonathan Barrett\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032833781, 978-1032833781\nSynopsis\nThis book argues for an intensely humanist engagement with the company and presents a model of company regulation that is compatible with the protection, respect for and fulfilment of human rights.\n\nDr Barrett provides a theoretical framing for corporate regulation in the context of human rights States. He argues that States which have ratified the fundamental human rights instruments should, on principle, exclude bodies corporate from the human rights ecosystem, except to the degree necessary to respect property rights of humans and human rights in business. He therefore develops a neo-concession account of the corporation as the basis for a model of corporate regulation to protect human rights. The book outlines and recommends the principal featu.