Fundamental Rights and the Legal Obligations of Business

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-108-84194-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 899 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law

Corporations can significantly affect the fundamental rights of individuals. This book investigates what legal obligations they have to respect, protect and realise these rights. In doing so, it addresses important conceptual issues surrounding fundamental rights. From an investigation of existing legal models, a clear structural similarity surfaces in how courts make decisions about corporate obligations. The book seeks to systematise, justify and develop this emergent 'multi-factoral approach' through examining key factors for determining the substantive content of corporate obligations. The book defends the use of the proportionality test for ascertaining corporations' negative obligations and outlines a novel seven-step test for determining their positive obligations. The book finally proposes legal and institutional reforms - on both the national and international levels - designed to enhance the quality of decision-making surrounding corporate obligations, and embed fundamental rights within the corporate structure and the minds of key decision-makers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bilchitz, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Wirtschaftsethik, Unternehmensethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Nature and Purpose of the Corporation in Law; Part I: Legal Doctrinal Models for Addressing the Substantive Obligations of Non-State Actors for Fundamental Rights: 2. The State Duty to Protect Model; 3. The Indirect Application Model; 4. The Expanding the State Model; 5. The Direct Obligations Model; Part II: Towards a Multi-Factoral Model for Determining the Substantive Content of Corporate Obligations: 6. The Justification for and Contours of a Multi-Factoral Approach; 7. A Balancing Act – Proportionality in the Corporate Sphere; 8: The Multi-Factoral Model and Positive Obligations for Corporations; Part III: The Institutional Implications of the Multi-Factoral Model; 9: Embedding the Multi-Factoral Model in Corporations: The Role of Corporate Law; 10: Corporate Obligations in a Global World: The Role of International Mechanisms.

Über Autor(innen)

Bilchitz, David
David Bilchitz is Professor of Fundamental Rights and Constitutional Law, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Professor of Law, University of Reading, United Kingdom. He is also Director of the South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law. He is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa and Vice-President of the International Association of Constitutional Law. He is the author of Poverty and Fundamental Rights: the Justification and Enforcement of Socio-Economic Rights (2007) and has published extensively in the area of business and human rights.