Product Description

Multinational Enterprises and the Law presents the only comprehensive contemporary and interdisciplinary account of the various techniques used to regulate multinational enterprises (MNEs) at the national, regional and multilateral levels. In addition it considers the effects of corporate self-regulation upon the development of the legal order in this area. Split into four parts the book firstly deals with the conceptual basis for MNE regulation, explaining the growth of MNEs, their business and legal forms and the relationship between them and the effects of a globalising economy and society upon the evolution of regulatory agendas in the field. Part II covers the main areas of economic regulation including the limits of national and regional jurisdiction over MNE activities, controls, and liberalization of entry and establishment, tax, company, and competition law. Part III introduces the social dimension of MNE regulation covering labour rights, human rights, and environmental issues, and Part IV deals with the contribution of international law and organizations to MNE regulation and to the control of investment risks, covering the main provisions found in international investment agreements and their recent interpretation by international tribunals.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #334160 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 720 pages

Review
"This is the most valuable book to have crossed my path in the last decade and will contribute massively to the quality of my lectures." Fred Burton, Manchester School of Management

Review
...fascinating ... a comprehensive and sometimes very detailed book covering all major legal (and sometimes other important) aspects and issues related to the MNE ... It explains well the history and evolution of various models and the theories behind them, and provides ideas on forthcoming ways of regulation ... recommended for anyone involved in international business as well as officials dealing with the subject matter. It is both a reference for specific issues and a book well worth reading on a stand-alone basis... (Leif Gustafsson, International Company and Commercial Law Review )

About the Author
Peter Muchlinski is Professor in International Commercial Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Prior to joining SOAS he was Professor of Law and International Business at Kent Law School, University of Kent (2001-5). He has taught at the London School of Economics (1983-1998), where he is a Visiting Professor, and was the Drapers' Professor of Law in the Law Department of Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, from 1998 to
2001. He specialises in international and European business law, WTO law and practice, competition law, law and development and commercial regulation, in which fields he has authored numerous papers and articles. His more recent published work concentrates on the social dimension of the regulation of international business, the effects of the Enron collapse, the developing arbitral case-law arising out of investor-State disputes and the impact of globalisation on legal research methodology.