Prosecuting Corporations for Genocide.

Kelly, Michael J.
Prosecuting Corporations for Genocide.
DK/0151
Erişim Adresi
Link
ISBN
9780190238902 (electronic bk.)
9780190238896
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/0151
Yazar
Kelly, Michael J.
Yayın Bilgisi
©2016.
Fiziksel Niteleme
1 online resource (281 pages)
Dizi
Irish Society MUP
İçindekiler Notu
Cover -- Prosecuting Corporations for Genocide -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Note on Sources -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword-by Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Founding Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Corporation as an Atrocity Contributor -- I. Historical Perspective-The Dutch and British East India Companies -- A. Dutch East India Company -- B. British East India Company -- II. Recent History-World War I, World War II, and I.G. Farben -- A. The I.G. Farben Case -- III. Modern History-The Kiobel Litigation -- 3. The Corporation as a Subject of International Law -- I. Status as a “Legal Person“ -- II. Application of the Genocide Convention -- III. Recognition by the International Court of Justice -- IV. International Criminal Tribunal Jurisdiction -- 4. Modes of Criminal Liability under International Law -- I. Proving Genocide -- II. Complicity to Genocide -- III. Command Responsibility -- IV. Aiding and Abetting -- V. Joint Criminal Enterprise -- 5. Case Studies: Corporate Complicity in Genocide -- I. The China National Petroleum Corporation and the Darfur Genocide -- A. Introduction -- B. China's State Oil Company and the Sudanese Genocide -- C. The Case Against CNPC -- D. Conclusion -- II. German Chemical Corporations and the Kurdish Genocide -- A. Introduction -- B. Background: Corporate Responsibility -- C. The Crime: Genocide in Kurdistan -- D. The Accomplices: German Corporate Complicity -- E. The Strategy: Prosecution vs. Litigation -- F. Conclusion -- 6. Prosecuting Corporations for Genocide: The Domestic vs. the International Path -- I. Universal Jurisdiction over Jus Cogens Conduct -- II. Domestic Prosecution -- A. Respondeat Superior -- 1. The Canadian Model -- 2. Deferred Prosecution Agreements -- III. International Prosecution.
7. Arguments Against Prosecuting Corporations for Genocide -- I. Policy Critiques -- II. Economic Critiques -- III. Legal Critiques -- A. Prosecutorial Discretion Focuses on Natural Persons -- B. Corporations Don't Commit Crimes -- People Do -- C. Civil Law vs. Common Law -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Arrest Warrant for President al-.Bashir on Charges of Genocide -- Appendix 2: Unclassified List of German Corporations Implicated in Developing Iraq's Chemical Weapons Program -- Appendix 3: U.S. Department of Justice Instructions for Prosecution Corporations -- Appendix 4: Corporate Criminal Liability under Canadian Law -- About the Author -- Index.
Özet, vb.
Prosecuting Corporations for Genocide explains how multinational corporations should be criminally liable for their role in financing or otherwise supporting atrocities like genocide. This book demonstrates how international criminal jurisdiction should be extended over corporations for atrocities and makes the case that it should be done promptly.
Konu
Tort liability of corporations.
Electronic books.
Diğer Yazarlar
Moreno-Ocampo, Luis.
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