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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.

Tort liability of corporations. --- Liability for human rights violations. --- Liability for environmental damages. --- Complex litigation. --- Class actions (Civil procedure) --- International courts. --- International tribunals --- Tribunals, International --- Courts --- Jurisdiction (International law) --- Aggregate litigation (Class actions) --- Class action lawsuits --- Actions and defenses --- Civil procedure --- Complex litigation --- Public interest law --- Citizen suits (Civil procedure) --- Parties to actions --- Litigation, Complex --- Protracted litigation --- Court proceedings --- Pre-trial procedure --- Procedure (Law) --- Environmental damages, Liability for --- Environmental law --- Liability (Law) --- Torts --- Tort liability of nonprofit organizations --- Corporations --- Nonprofit organizations --- Liability for human rights violations