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Strategic Litigation and Corporate Complicity in Crimes Under International Law A TWAIL Analysis
By Kalika Mehta
Copyright 2024
310 Pages
by
Routledge
310 Pages
by
Routledge
310 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book provides a comprehensive account of how non-state actors rely on international criminal law as a tool in the service of progressive political causes.
The argument that international criminal law and its institutions serve as an instrument in the hands of a few powerful states, and that its practice is characterized by double standards and selectivity, has received considerable... Read more
Part I Foundations 1. From TWAIL to TWAI(C)L 2. Conceptualizing Strategic Litigation 3. Corporate Accountability and International Criminal Law Part II Case Studies 4. CELS and Transitional Justice in Argentina: The Ford Case 5. CCR and Alien Tort Statute: The CACI Case 6. ECCHR and Extraterritorial Prosecutions in Europe: The Lafarge Case Part III Conclusion 7. Terms & Conditions of Corporate Accountability: A Strategic Practice of International Criminal Law
Biography
Kalika Mehta is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for British Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.
