States, firms, and their legal fictions : attributing identity and responsibility to artificial entities /
"Corporations and states are creatures of law that claim rights, trade roles, and avoid responsibility based on legal concepts in international and domestic law. Using the concept of "attribution" as a touchstone, this cross-disciplinary book explores the law's diverse ways of co...
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Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
Publication Dates: | 2024. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
ASIL studies in international legal theory. |
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Summary: |
"Corporations and states are creatures of law that claim rights, trade roles, and avoid responsibility based on legal concepts in international and domestic law. Using the concept of "attribution" as a touchstone, this cross-disciplinary book explores the law's diverse ways of constructing the identities and responsibilities of firms and states"-- |
Carrier Form: | xi, 289 pages ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781009334679 1009334670 |
Index Number: | K1366 |
CLC: | D913.991 |
Call Number: | D913.991/S797 |
Contents: |
Introduction: States, firms, and their legal fictions / Attribution in international law : challenges and evolution / Between states and firms : attribution and the construction of the shareholder state / Contractors and hybrid warfare : a pluralist approach to reforming the law of state responsibility / The enduring charter : corporations, states, and international law / Transnational blame attribution : the limits of using reputational sanctions to punish corporate misconduct / Mind the agency gap in corporate social responsibility / To whom should we attribute a corporation's speech? / What Is a corporate mind? : mental state attribution / Who is a corporation? : attributing the moral might of the corporate form / The juridical person of the state : origins and implications / Corporate personhood as legal and literary fiction / |