While only several decades ago, the idea of corporate social responsibility was not trivial, it seems that most scholars today understand that corporations owe special commitments to their stakeholders which go beyond common regulatory and conventional requirements in promoting the community in...

Framework agreements have become a very popular procurement tool in the European Union, since their recognition in the 2004 Public Sector Directive. Meanwhile, there has been a lot of discussion regarding the need to balance the benefits that these agreements bring. Such benefits include,...

In Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Dutch and British private corporations were accused of having aided and abetted in the violation of the human rights of individuals in Nigeria. A lawsuit, however, was brought in the United States, relying on the Alien Tort Statute – part of a Judiciary Act...

Globalization has led to union decline almost universally across the world's capitalist democracies. But despite globalization, global labor unions have been able to sign International Framework Agreements (“IFAs”) with more than 110 multinational corporations that cover about 9 million...

Multinationals' corporate codes react to both new perils in the working environment and the disappearance of traditional actors due to the globalisation process: the worldwide interlinking of markets, capital, and production facilitate a slackening of working conditions in developing countries...

The eminent case of Aguinda v. Chevron Corporation, currently in its twentieth year of litigation, represents a growing phenomenon in international commercial litigation between multinational corporations and victims of human rights abuse from developing nations. In 2011 Aguinda awarded...