TY - BOOK ID - 52421586 TI - The case for an international court of civil justice PY - 2019 SN - 9781107162853 9781316614990 9781316678428 PB - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Class actions (Civil procedure). KW - Complex litigation. KW - International courts. KW - Liability for environmental damages. KW - Liability for human rights violations. KW - Tort liability of corporations. KW - Liability for human rights violations KW - Class actions (Civil procedure) KW - International courts KW - Sociétés KW - Responsabilité pour violation des droits de l'homme KW - Responsabilité pour dommages à l'environnement KW - Instances complexes KW - Recours collectifs (Procédure civile) KW - Tribunaux internationaux KW - Responsabilité civile UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:52421586 AB - "When multinational corporations cause mass harms to lives, livelihoods, and the environment in developing countries, it is nearly impossible for victims to find a court that can and will issue an enforceable judgment. In this work, Professor Maya Steinitz presents a detailed rationale for the creation of an International Court of Civil Justice (ICCJ) to hear such transnational mass tort cases. The world's legal systems were not designed to solve these kinds of complex transnational disputes, and the absence of mechanisms to ensure coordination means that victims try, but fail, to find justice in country after country, court after court. The Case for an International Court of Civil Justice explains how an ICCJ would provide victims with access to justice and corporate defendants with a non-corrupt forum and an end to the cost and uncertainty of unending litigation - more efficiently resolving the most complicated types of civil litigation"-- ER -