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Human Rights and Civil Wrongs. The effects of globalization, together with the increase in foreign investment and resource development within the developing world, have created a context for human rights abuses by States in which transnational corporations are complicit. This timely bo. Multinational Enterprises and Human Rights.

This well-researched book examines how the European Union could do more to ensure that EU-based multinational enterprises MNEs respect human rights when operating in third world countries.

Alexandra Gatto identifies the primary obligations of MNEs as developed by international law, and investigates how the EU has promoted the respect of. Human Rights and Corporations. This comprehensive review of Myanmar's policies regarding inward direct investment covers such issues as trends in investment in Myanmar, responsible business conduct, regulation and protection of investment, investment promotion and facilitation, taxes, the financial sector, and infrastructure.

Chapters by experts in the field will examine legal, philosophical, sociological and political issues, addressing a wide range of themes at the heart of debates on the rights of indigenous peoples. What is distinctive about their rights? How are their rights constructed and protected? What is the relationship between national indigenous rights regimes and international norms? Myanmar is viewed by many as one of the emerging 'tiger economies'. The military junta has now opened up the country for foreign investors, many of whom are interested in assessing the situation, especially considering Myanmar's wealth of natural resources.

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In Competition is Killing Us, top business and competition lawyer Michelle Meagher establishes a new framework to control capitalism from the inside in order to make it work for the many and not just the few. Meagher has spent years campaigning against these multi-billion and trillion dollar mammoths that dominate the market and prioritise shareholder profits over all else; leading to extreme wealth inequality, inhumane conditions for workers and relentless pressure on the environment.

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