Friday, January 29, 2010

Symposium: Corporations and International Law

Santa Clara University School of Law will host a symposium on "Corporations and International Law," March 12-13, 2010. The keynote speaker will be Jo Alvarez (New York Univ. - Law). In addition, panels will focus on four papers on the following topics: corporations as plaintiffs under bilateral investment treaties; operationalizing a global framework for the regulation of transnational corporations; the role of global governance in corporate social responsibility; and corporate accountability for human rights violations under the Alien Tort Claims Act.