Legal Sources in Business and Human Rights : Evolving Dynamics in International and European Law.

Intro -- Legal Sources in Business and Human Rights: Evolving Dynamics in International and European Law -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction by the Editors -- Part 1: Towards International Rules Incumbent upon Companies -- 1 Corporate Human Rights Due Diligence: from the Process to the Principle -- 2 A Binding Instrument on Business and Human Rights as a Source of International Obligations for Private Companies: Utopia or Reality? -- 3 International Investment Treaties as a Source of Human Rights Obligations for Investors -- 4 To What Extent Does International Law Matter in the Field of Business and Human Rights? -- 5 The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights as the Source of Judicially Enforceable Obligations to the Activity of Private Companies -- Part 2: The Contribution of Companies to the Development of Business and Human Rights Law -- 6 Direct and Indirect Involvement of Companies in the Development of Business and Human Rights Law: Insights from Practice -- 7 Multi-stakeholder Initiatives and New Models of Co-regulation in the Field of Business and Human Rights -- 8 The Role of Corporations as Standards Setters: the Case of Business Actors Involved in the Development and Deployment of Artificial Intelligence Tools -- Part 3: Hardening the 'Softness' of Business and Human Rights Regulation -- 9 National Action Plans and Their Legal Value -- 10 Hardening Soft Law: the Implementation of Human Rights Due Diligence Requirements in Domestic Legislation -- 11 From Soft International Law on Business and Human Rights to Hard EU Legislation? -- 12 Human Rights Clauses in Public Procurement: a New Tool to Promote Human Rights in (States') Business Activities? -- 13 The Unbearable Lightness of European Security and Markets Authority's Soft Law: an Italian Perspective -- Conclusion -- Index.

Legal Sources in Business and Human Rights takes stock of different aspects of Business and Human Rights practice in order to identify and explore some dynamics that are driving the evolution of the legal sources of international and EU law in the field of B&HRs.

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