Home State Options to Control the Human Rights Records of TNCs Acting Abroad

387 Pages·2014·2.32 MB·English

by  Renate Ott

HOME STATE OPTIONS TO CONTROL THE HUMAN RIGHTS RECORDS OF TNCS
ACTING ABROAD

Inaugural-Dissertation
zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde
der Juristischen Fakultät
der Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
vorgelegt von

Renate Ott
aus Filderstadt

2014
TOBIAS-lib
Dekan: Prof. Dr. Jörg Kinzig

1. Berichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Martin Nettesheim

2. Berichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Jochen von Bernstorff

Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 21. Juli 2014
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