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Due diligence in the international legal order /

A comprehensive analysis of the content, scope, and function of due diligence across various areas of international law. Looking at current tendancies towards proceduralisation and more proactive risk management, it reveals the promises and limits of due diligence as a concept for enhancing accounta...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Krieger, Heike (Editor), Peters, Anne, 1964- (Editor), Kreuzer, Leonhard (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
International law > Philosophy.
Reasonable care (Law)
Personne raisonnable (Droit)
International law > Philosophy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Due diligence in international law : dissecting the leitmotif of current accountability debates / Anne Peters, Heike Krieger and Leonhard Kreuzer
  • Part I. Due diligence and general international law
  • The historical roots of the due diligence standard / Giulio Bartolini
  • Due diligence in the history of the codification of the law of state responsibility / Helmut Philipp Aust and Prisca Feihle
  • Member states' due diligence obligations to supervise international organizations / Kristina Daugirdas
  • The function of the triad 'territory', 'jurisdiction' and 'control' in due diligence obligations / Federica Violi
  • Due diligence and the duty to protect human rights / Björnstjern Baade
  • Part II: Due diligence in international environmental law
  • Due diligence in international environmental law: a fine-grained cartography / Jorge E. Viñuales
  • Due diligence in the use of international watercourses / Malgosia Fitzmaurice
  • Due diligence in the law of the sea / Irini Papanicolopulu
  • Due diligence in international climate change law / Lavanya Rajamani
  • Part III: Due diligence in peace and security law
  • Due diligence in international humanitarian law / Marco Longobardo
  • Due diligence and the obligation to prevent genocide and crimes against humanity / Larissa van den Herik and Emma Irving
  • Due diligence, the UN and peacekeeping / Nigel White
  • Due diligence in international anti-terrorism law: developments in the resolutions of the UN Security Council / Inger Österdahl
  • Due diligence in cyber activities / Eric Talbot Jensen
  • Part IV: Due diligence in international economic law
  • Due diligence in international investment law : from the law of aliens to responsible investment / Aniruddha Rajput
  • Due diligence debates in international anti-corruption and money laundering law : from content to the construction of risk / Radha Ivory
  • Due diligence in international tax law / Reuven S. Avi-Yonah and Gianluca Mazzoni
  • Due diligence in international trade law / Markus Krajewski
  • Due diligence in World Bank project financing / Diane Desierto
  • Conclusion : Due diligence and structural change in the international legal order / Heike Krieger and Anne Peters.