Filing lawsuits in U.S. federal and state courts for workers’ rights violations suffered by workers employed by American corporations abroad is one of several strategies for promoting labour rights. Other strategies include use of labour rights mechanisms in GSP laws, in regional trade agreements like NAFTA and Mercosur, in corporate codes of conduct, in the ILO and other venues. To succeed, such suits must first overcome the strong presumption against extraterritorial effect of U.S. law. Other jurisdictional hurdles like “inconvenient forum” also require caution in bringing suits. However, several cases using common law tort and contract theories as well as international human rights law have recovered substantial actual and punitive damag...
The Inter-American Court was unanimous in concluding that legal entities do not have the standing to...
In Hoffman Plastic Compounds v. NLRB, 535 U.S. 137 (2002), the United States Supreme Court held that...
Extraterritorial Employment Standards of the United States: The Regulation of the Overseas Workplace...
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In their book, Corporate Predators: The Hunt For Mega-Profits and The Attack on Democracy, Russell M...
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The Supreme Court\u27s decision in J.I. Case Co. v. NLRB provides a unique and telling example of th...
The paper explains that workers in different countries are not adversaries and no actual conflict of...
As the economic gap between rich and poor countries continues to grow, those living in poor countrie...
With the forces of globalization as a backdrop, this casebook develops labor and employment law in t...
Comprehensive in scope, International Labor Law examines labor rights and labor standards in multila...
[Excerpt] This volume is intended to collect the best current scholarship in the new and growing fie...
International efforts to promote collective-action labour rights in developing countries frequently ...
International human rights law is generally thought to apply directly to states, not to corporations...
A corporate leader’s nightmare scenario: waking to the news of the collapse of a factory manufacturi...
The Inter-American Court was unanimous in concluding that legal entities do not have the standing to...
In Hoffman Plastic Compounds v. NLRB, 535 U.S. 137 (2002), the United States Supreme Court held that...
Extraterritorial Employment Standards of the United States: The Regulation of the Overseas Workplace...
Are labor rights human rights? Are some worker rights so fundamental that must be respected by all n...
In their book, Corporate Predators: The Hunt For Mega-Profits and The Attack on Democracy, Russell M...
Globalization poses many challenges to working people and their advocates. The erosion of barriers t...
The Supreme Court\u27s decision in J.I. Case Co. v. NLRB provides a unique and telling example of th...
The paper explains that workers in different countries are not adversaries and no actual conflict of...
As the economic gap between rich and poor countries continues to grow, those living in poor countrie...
With the forces of globalization as a backdrop, this casebook develops labor and employment law in t...
Comprehensive in scope, International Labor Law examines labor rights and labor standards in multila...
[Excerpt] This volume is intended to collect the best current scholarship in the new and growing fie...
International efforts to promote collective-action labour rights in developing countries frequently ...
International human rights law is generally thought to apply directly to states, not to corporations...
A corporate leader’s nightmare scenario: waking to the news of the collapse of a factory manufacturi...
The Inter-American Court was unanimous in concluding that legal entities do not have the standing to...
In Hoffman Plastic Compounds v. NLRB, 535 U.S. 137 (2002), the United States Supreme Court held that...
Extraterritorial Employment Standards of the United States: The Regulation of the Overseas Workplace...
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