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Globalisation and its effect on the environment: legal aspects of environmental harm caused by multinational corporations

Major industrial accidents and situations causing massive environmental harm, which have occurred during the past fifteen years, have often involved multinational enterprises (MNE's). However, the relocation of hazardous activities to the developing countries by multinational companies in the develo...

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Main Author: Stropp, Constanze
Other Authors: Glazewski, Jan
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Language:English
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Published: Centre for Law and Society 2026
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description Major industrial accidents and situations causing massive environmental harm, which have occurred during the past fifteen years, have often involved multinational enterprises (MNE's). However, the relocation of hazardous activities to the developing countries by multinational companies in the developed world has become a well - established feature of the global economy. Cases such as the Bhopal disaster show problems that can arise from this practice and, in particular, the difficulties foreign plaintiffs may experience in obtaining adequate compensation for resulting injuries. The plaintiff may well find, as in the Bhopal Case, that the domestic company, which caused the damage, has insufficient assets to satisfy any judgement against it. The plaintiff will, therefore, need to consider recourse against the exporting parent company.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/42935 Globalisation and its effect on the environment: legal aspects of environmental harm caused by multinational corporations Stropp, Constanze Glazewski, Jan Globalisation environment harm Major industrial accidents and situations causing massive environmental harm, which have occurred during the past fifteen years, have often involved multinational enterprises (MNE's). However, the relocation of hazardous activities to the developing countries by multinational companies in the developed world has become a well - established feature of the global economy. Cases such as the Bhopal disaster show problems that can arise from this practice and, in particular, the difficulties foreign plaintiffs may experience in obtaining adequate compensation for resulting injuries. The plaintiff may well find, as in the Bhopal Case, that the domestic company, which caused the damage, has insufficient assets to satisfy any judgement against it. The plaintiff will, therefore, need to consider recourse against the exporting parent company. 2026-03-04T09:51:20Z 2026-03-04T09:51:20Z 1999 2026-03-04T09:41:42Z Thesis / Dissertation Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42935 en eng application/pdf Centre for Law and Society Faculty of Law University of Cape Town
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Globalisation and its effect on the environment: legal aspects of environmental harm caused by multinational corporations
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title Globalisation and its effect on the environment: legal aspects of environmental harm caused by multinational corporations
title_full Globalisation and its effect on the environment: legal aspects of environmental harm caused by multinational corporations
title_fullStr Globalisation and its effect on the environment: legal aspects of environmental harm caused by multinational corporations
title_full_unstemmed Globalisation and its effect on the environment: legal aspects of environmental harm caused by multinational corporations
title_short Globalisation and its effect on the environment: legal aspects of environmental harm caused by multinational corporations
title_sort globalisation and its effect on the environment legal aspects of environmental harm caused by multinational corporations
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environment harm
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