The corporation, law and capitalism a radical perspective on the role of law in the global political economy / by Grietje Baars.

Author/creator Baars, Grietje, 1972-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, [2019]
Descriptionxix, 498 pages ; 25 cm.
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SeriesHistorical materialism book series, 1570-1522 ; volume 188
Contents Introduction : 'Das kapital, das immer dahinter steckt' -- The roots, development, and context of the legal concept of the corporation : the making of a structure of irresponsibility and a tool of imperialism -- Capitalism's victor's justice? : the economics of World War Two, the Allies' trials of the German industrialists and their treatment of the Japanese zaibatsu -- Remaking ICL : removing businessmen and inserting legal persons as subjects -- Contemporary schreibtischtater : drinking from the poison chalice? -- Corporate imperialism 3.0 : from the Dutch East India Company to the American South Asia Company.
General noteBased on author's thesis (doctoral - University College London, 2012) issued under title: Law(yers) congealing capitalism : on the (im)possibility of restraining business in conflict through international criminal law.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 400-482) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018059491
ISBN9789004297074 (hardback : alk. paper)

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