Today's economic and social context demands that corporations - once seen only as private actors - owe duties to the public.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Barnali Choudhury is an Associate Professor at University College London. She is the author of Public Services and International Trade Liberalization: Human Rights and Gender Implications (Cambridge, 2012) and a co-editor of Understanding the Company: Corporate Governance and Theory (Cambridge, 2017). She has travelled around the world presenting her work, and her research has been cited by the United Nations, the House of Commons and the House of Lords EU Select Committee, among others. Barnali has visited at New York University Law School and the University of Cambridge and was recently awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship.
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Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 1.1 Common arguments for a closer relationship between corporations and the public 1.2 The structure of the book 2. Background 2.1 A brief history of the corporation and its relationship with the public 2.2 Justifying corporate duties 2.3 Conclusion 3. Corporate purpose 3.1 Theoretical approaches 3.2 The corporate purpose in UK and US law 3.3 The diverging views assessed 3.4 A recalibrated purpose 3.5 Conclusion 4. Corporate governance 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Corporate governance policies 4.3 Conclusion 5. Parent company liability 5.1 Introduction 5.2 The group company and limited liability 5.3 Circumventing limited liability 5.4 The (economic) case for group company liability 5.5 Reforming liability for group companies 5.6 Two-tiered liability based on risk internalization 5.7 Conclusion 6. Tort law 6.1 Justification for corporate liability 6.2 Corporate theories 6.3 Attribution mechanisms 6.4 Alternative approaches - depersonalized corporate liability 6.5 Conclusion 7. Criminal law 7.1 Recognition of corporate criminal liability 7.2 Attribution mechanisms 7.3 Justifying and designing corporate criminal liability 7.4 Conclusion 8. Human rights law 8.1 The legal regime for corporations and human rights 8.2 Defining corporate duties vis-à-vis human rights 8.3 Conclusion 9. Environmental law 9.1 The case for corporate environmental responsibility 9.2 Existing mechanisms defining corporate environmental responsibility 9.3 Conclusion 10. Corruption 10.1 Defining corruption 10.2 Why combat corruption? 10.3 Anti-corruption rules 10.4 Corporate duties for combating corruption 10.5 Conclusion 11. Tax law 11.1 Why are corporations taxed? 11.2 The problem of aggressive tax planning 11.3 Contextualizing the role of governments 11.4 The corporate duty (not) to engage in tax avoidance) 11.5 Conclusion 12. Conclusion 12.1 Key findings 12.2 Common themes and lessons 12.3 Final thoughts Index.
Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 1.1 Common arguments for a closer relationship between corporations and the public 1.2 The structure of the book 2. Background 2.1 A brief history of the corporation and its relationship with the public 2.2 Justifying corporate duties 2.3 Conclusion 3. Corporate purpose 3.1 Theoretical approaches 3.2 The corporate purpose in UK and US law 3.3 The diverging views assessed 3.4 A recalibrated purpose 3.5 Conclusion 4. Corporate governance 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Corporate governance policies 4.3 Conclusion 5. Parent company liability 5.1 Introduction 5.2 The group company and limited liability 5.3 Circumventing limited liability 5.4 The (economic) case for group company liability 5.5 Reforming liability for group companies 5.6 Two-tiered liability based on risk internalization 5.7 Conclusion 6. Tort law 6.1 Justification for corporate liability 6.2 Corporate theories 6.3 Attribution mechanisms 6.4 Alternative approaches - depersonalized corporate liability 6.5 Conclusion 7. Criminal law 7.1 Recognition of corporate criminal liability 7.2 Attribution mechanisms 7.3 Justifying and designing corporate criminal liability 7.4 Conclusion 8. Human rights law 8.1 The legal regime for corporations and human rights 8.2 Defining corporate duties vis-à-vis human rights 8.3 Conclusion 9. Environmental law 9.1 The case for corporate environmental responsibility 9.2 Existing mechanisms defining corporate environmental responsibility 9.3 Conclusion 10. Corruption 10.1 Defining corruption 10.2 Why combat corruption? 10.3 Anti-corruption rules 10.4 Corporate duties for combating corruption 10.5 Conclusion 11. Tax law 11.1 Why are corporations taxed? 11.2 The problem of aggressive tax planning 11.3 Contextualizing the role of governments 11.4 The corporate duty (not) to engage in tax avoidance) 11.5 Conclusion 12. Conclusion 12.1 Key findings 12.2 Common themes and lessons 12.3 Final thoughts Index.
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