Chains of liability for suppliers

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1655983

We saw the criminal law regime was only somewhat satisfactory.
Now we look at the issues of human rights in tort law.
I had mentioned the Alien Tort Statute and the Torture Victims Protection Act as examples of extraterritorial laws which seek to give remedies to people for violations of their fundamental human rights even in failed states, dictatorships, or corrupted governments.
Today we look at the liability for producers and distributors of goods for violations of human rights.

Corporate Main Office (corporations, like countries, are legal persons. partnerships are not)
owns<br />wholly owned subsidiary in the third world
hires
subcontractor who commits various torts
Can the main office be sued for the act of the subcontractor? Probably not. 

lex locus delicti
imputed liability due to agency

Bhopal
Mynmar

complicity – accomplice liability

Can the corporation itself be liable? What is a corporation
-a legal person able to sue and be sued and also liable on taxes for its own income
-with shareholders
-and directors who use the shareholders money to run the business.

In common law corporations can be criminals, but not in German law.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1020517

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