Corporate Accountability in the Context of Transitional Justi... - 9781138211278

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Corporate Accountability in the Context of Transitional JusticeAuthor(s): Sabine Michalowski\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138211278, 978-1138211278\nSynopsis\nCorporate Accountability in the Context of Transitional Justice explores how corporations can be held accountable for their role in past human rights violations when a country is making a transition from conflict or repression to peace and democracy. It breaks new ground in theorizing the linkages between the areas of transitional justice and corporate accountability and analyzing problems frequently arising where the two fields meet in practice, for example where the role of corporations in past human rights violations is examined by truth and reconciliation commissions or in the course of litigation. \n\nThe book provides an overview of the current trends in law and in legal and political discussion relating to both areas, as well as in-depth analysi.