The number of transnational corporations - including parent companies and subsidiaries - has exploded over the last forty years, which has led to a correlating rise of corporate violations of international human rights and environmental laws, either directly or in conjunction with government...

Local Content and Sustainable Development in Global Energy Markets analyses the topical and contentious issue of the critical intersections between local content requirements (LCRs) and the implementation of sustainable development treaties in global energy markets including Africa, Asia,...

Economic inequalities are among the greatest human rights challenges the world faces today due to the past four decades of neoliberal policy dominance. Globally, there are now over 2,000 billionaires, while 3.4 billion people live below the poverty line of US $5.50 per day. Many human rights...

chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 The legalization of business responsibilities for human rights in the evolving field of CSR and business and human rights -- chapter 2 The UN Guiding Principles on business and human rights: principled pragmatism and polycentric governance -- chapter 3 The...

1. The radical potential of human rights -- 2. The human rights framework and economic policy -- 3. What does inequality have to do with human rights? -- 4. A human rights approach to government spending and taxation -- 5. Mobilizing resources to realize rights : debt, aid, and monetary policy...

Introduction -- Business and human rights and transitional justice -- Nuremberg and international criminal law -- Regional human rights systems -- Domestic criminal and civil liability -- Truth seeking processes -- Administrative reparation programmes -- Institutional reform -- Conclusion

This edited collection brings together leading theoretical and applied research with the intent to design a sustainable global financial future. The contributors argue that our world cannot move toward sustainability, address climate change, reverse environmental degradation, and improve human...