Multinational Enterprises and the Law

Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of Cases; Table of Statutes; Table of Treaties; Table of EC Materials; Table of Official Publications of Governments and International Organisations; Abbreviations; PART I THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; 1. Getting to Know Multinationals; 2. Business and Legal Forms of Multinational Enterprise: Towards a Theory of Control; 3. Regulating Multinationals; PART II ECONOMIC REGULATION BY HOME AND HOST COUNTRIES; 4. The Jurisdictional Limits of Regulation through National or Regional Law; 5. The Control of Inward Investment by Host States; 6. Measures for the Encouragement of Inward Direct Investment; 7. Taxation Problems Associated With MNEs; 8. Group Liability and Directors' Duties; 9. Corporate Governance and Disclosure; 10. Regulation through Competition Law; 11. Technology Transfer; PART III THE SOCIAL DIMENSION; 12. Labour Relations; 13. Human Rights and Multinational Enterprises; 14. Environmental Issues; PART IV INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT REGULATION; 15. The Control of Investment Risks I: Contractual Stability, Renegotiation, Taking of Property and Investment Guarantees; 16. Control of Investment Risks II: Non-Discrimination, Fair and Equitable Treatment and Full Protection and Security; 17. The Codification of International Standards For the Treatment of Foreign Investors; 18. The Settlement of International Investment Disputes; Index