Corporations and International Law

 

 

HOSTED BY:
Santa Clara University School of Law
Santa Clara Journal of International Law
Center for Global Law & Policy
American Society of International Law
American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA)

Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

 

Santa Clara University School of Law is proud to host a symposium on corporations and international law. Our keynote speaker is Professor Jose Alvarez, one of the leading academics in international and foreign investment law and the immediate past president of the American Society of International Law. The conference will feature four papers on the following topics: corporations as plaintiffs under bilateral investment treaties; operationalizing a global framework for the regulation of transnational corporations; the role of global governance in corporate social responsibility; and corporate accountability for human rights violations under the Alien Tort Claims Act. The symposium will include four panels, one for each of the papers, in which commentators will provide a range of perspectives on the topics addressed. The symposium will conclude with a roundtable discussion in which panelists will explore the implications of both American and international law for regulating, protecting, and holding corporations accountable for their operations around the world.

In fall 2010, the Santa Clara Journal of International Law will publish a Symposium Edition of the Journal comprised of articles by the Symposium panelists.

For more information, contact Natalia Nahra, Senior Symposium Director, nnahra@scu.edu.