This book provides a sustained treatment of the politico-legal context and content of a proposed business and human rights treaty.

The calls for an international treaty to elaborate the human rights obligations of transnational corporations and other business enterprises have been rapidly g

Explores the conceptual and legal underpinnings of global governance approaches to business and human rights, with an emphasis on the UN Guiding Principles.

An innovative textbook setting out a systematic approach to business and human rights.

This book critically evaluates the Ruggie Framework and the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and investigates the normative foundations as well