“Human rights are human rights. Granting them not only to human beings but also to corporations seems like a perversion – not only because corporations have neither body nor soul but also because corporations may accumulate tremendous social, financial and political power, whereas human rights are intended to protect the weak against the powerful. Such is, in a nutshell, the prevalent view in international human rights scholarship. And it appears, at first sight, an intuitively plausible approach. However, what if such intuition betrays on more thorough inspection? What if granting human rights to the corporate form, this non-natural legal construct, actually serves to limit corporate human rights? …” (more)
[Andreas Kulick, Oxford Business Law Blog, 22 December]
First posted 2020-12-22 05:50:46
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