TY - BOOK ID - 85297001 TI - The case for an international court of civil justice PY - 2019 SN - 1316730069 1316678423 1107162858 1316731995 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Tort liability of corporations. KW - Liability for human rights violations. KW - Liability for environmental damages. KW - Complex litigation. KW - Class actions (Civil procedure) KW - International courts. KW - International tribunals KW - Tribunals, International KW - Courts KW - Jurisdiction (International law) KW - Aggregate litigation (Class actions) KW - Class action lawsuits KW - Actions and defenses KW - Civil procedure KW - Complex litigation KW - Public interest law KW - Citizen suits (Civil procedure) KW - Parties to actions KW - Litigation, Complex KW - Protracted litigation KW - Court proceedings KW - Pre-trial procedure KW - Procedure (Law) KW - Environmental damages, Liability for KW - Environmental law KW - Liability (Law) KW - Torts KW - Tort liability of nonprofit organizations KW - Corporations KW - Nonprofit organizations KW - Liability for human rights violations UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85297001 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 -