Das Grundlagenwerk analysiert erstmals die Vielzahl der unter dem Begriff Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) gefassten normativen Prozesse und unterzieht diese zugleich einer Systematisierung und kritischen Prüfung. Nationales, supranationales und Völkerrecht sowie transnationale...

The deepening and widening of European integration has led to an increase in transborder crime. Concurrent prosecution and sanctioning by several Member States is not only a problem in inter-state relations and an obstacle in the European integration process, but also a violation of the ne bis...

Imposing legal liability on corporations for their involvement in human rights violations remains problematic. In the United States, civil liability in such circumstances developed in a series of Alien Tort Statute cases. This evolution came to an abrupt end with the cases of Kiobel v. Royal...

This book, through various differently oriented chapters, tries to give an insight on how the European Union and its multilevel model of governance must try to strike a balance between diverging interests and priorities. In particular, the EU and the European states (including the CoE's Members)...