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October 2016: 234x156: 314pp Hb: 978-1-138-64902-6 | £100.00 Pb: 978-1-138-68300-6 | £34.99 eBook: 978-1-315-62605-5 20% discount with this flyer! Business and Human Rights History, Law and Policy - Bridging the Accountability Gap Nadia Bernaz, Middlesex University, UK Series: Human Rights and International Law Business corporations can and do violate human rights all over the world, and they are often not held to account. Business and human rights as a field seeks to enhance the accountability of business – companies and businesspeople – in the human rights area, or, to phrase it differently, to bridge the accountability gap. Bridging the accountability gap is to be understood as both setting standards and holding corporations and businesspeople to account if violations occur. Adopting a legal perspective, this book presents the ways in which this dual undertaking has been and could be further carried out in the future, and evaluates the extent to which the various initiatives in the field bridge the corporate accountability gap. 20% Discount Available - enter the code FLR40 at checkout* Hb: 978-1-138-64902-6 | £80.00 Pb: 978-1-138-68300-6 | £27.99 * Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer or discount and only applies to books purchased directly via our website. For more details, or to request a copy for review, please contact: Soundus Zahir, Marketing Assistant, [email protected] For more information visit: www.routledge.com/9781138683006

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October 2016: 234x156: 314pp

Hb: 978-1-138-64902-6 | £100.00Pb: 978-1-138-68300-6 | £34.99eBook: 978-1-315-62605-5

20% discount with this flyer!

Business and HumanRightsHistory, Law and Policy - Bridging theAccountability Gap

Nadia Bernaz, Middlesex University, UK

Series: Human Rights and International Law

Business corporations can and do violate human rights allover the world, and they are often not held to account.Business and human rights as a field seeks to enhance theaccountability of business – companies and businesspeople– in the human rights area, or, to phrase it differently, tobridge the accountability gap. Bridging the accountabilitygap is to be understood as both setting standards andholding corporations and businesspeople to account ifviolations occur. Adopting a legal perspective, this bookpresents the ways in which this dual undertaking has beenand could be further carried out in the future, and evaluatesthe extent to which the various initiatives in the field bridgethe corporate accountability gap.

20% Discount Available - enter the code FLR40 atcheckout*Hb: 978-1-138-64902-6 | £80.00Pb: 978-1-138-68300-6 | £27.99* Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer or discount and only applies tobooks purchased directly via our website.

For more details, or to request a copy for review, please contact: Soundus Zahir, MarketingAssistant, [email protected]

For more information visit:www.routledge.com/9781138683006

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