Okpabi v Shell and Four Nigerian Farmers v Shell
Parent Company Liability Back in Court
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13019338 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lucas Roorda (0000-0002-0532-5491, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, corresponding author), Daniel Leader |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 368-376 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Business and Human Rights Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2057-0198 • E-ISSN: 2057-0201 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/bhj.2021.26 |
| OpenAlex | W3175780883 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Foreign direct liability litigation against businesses is still a growing trend in European domestic courts, going on for over two decades. 1 With absent effective remedies in host states, victims of human rights abuses committed by transnational corporations’ subsidiaries try to get access to remedy in the courts of the home states of the parent companies. A crucial factor for whether such cases can succeed, is the viability of the claims against the parent companies allegedly involved in the abuses. The principal legal route that victims have used to hold parent companies liable is through common law negligence claims
Business · Liability · Multinational corporation · Parent company · Political science · Principal (computer security · Subsidiary · Corporate Law and Human Rights · Law
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |