Multinational corporations' post-Unocal liabilities for violations of international law

Until recently, the primary legal liabilities of US-based multinational corporations (MNCs) for their overseas operations consisted of US federal and state laws and the laws of the country that hosted their investments. In addition to these legal liabilities, the court of public opinion frequently h...

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Published in:The George Washington international law review Vol. 34; no. 2; p. 401
Main Author: Hall, Sarah M
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Washington George Washington University, National Law Center 01.05.2002
Subjects:
Companies
Courts
Extraterritoriality
Federal legislation
Foreign investment
Foreign labor
International law
International markets
Jurisdiction
Liability
Multinational corporations
Noncitizens
Public opinion
State court decisions
Tort
Violations
United States > US
ISSN:1534-9977
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Summary:Until recently, the primary legal liabilities of US-based multinational corporations (MNCs) for their overseas operations consisted of US federal and state laws and the laws of the country that hosted their investments. In addition to these legal liabilities, the court of public opinion frequently has expressed a special distaste for MNCs and their profit-seeking overseas operations, and accordingly has imposed a set of extra-legal liabilities. But now there is a newly exhumed weapon against MNCs: the forum of US federal court and a thirty-three word federal statute enacted in 1789 called the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA). This note will discuss the new and emerging post-Unocal liabilities of MNCs for their activities abroad.
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ISSN:1534-9977