{"product_id":"9781509987863","title":"Environment, Corporations, and Private International Law in Asia","description":"\u003ch3\u003eStudies in Private International Law - Asia\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eEnvironment, Corporations, and Private International Law in Asia\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMan Yip | Anselmo Reyes | Elizabeth Wu | Adeline Chong | T.M. Yeo | Man Yip | Paul Beaumont\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaw \/ Conflict of Laws\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book discusses private international law rules relevant to environmental disputes in Asia that involve corporations, surveys 12 Asian jurisdictions, and proposes areas for reform.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume is organised into two main parts. The first part comprises five topic-specific chapters that sets the legal context and highlights the main private international law issues that would arise in transnational environmental litigation against corporations: jurisdiction and choice of law rules relating to liability of corporations and their directors for environmental wrongdoing (management of environmental litigation risks, veil-piercing, tort claims and liability for breach of directors' duties); the recognition and enforcement of foreign environmental judgments and awards; the interplay between domestic substantive law and private international law rules; the interaction between environmental justice and the arbitration of environmental disputes; and the role of the courts, the legislature and NGOs in advancing pro-environmental agenda. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart II comprises 10 jurisdiction-specific chapters that: outline each jurisdiction's private international law rules and practice in respect of environmental litigation; discuss how they advance or impede pro-environmental agenda in transnational environmental disputes; and analyse whether and how the private international law rules should be reformed to better facilitate environmental litigation. Jurisdictions covered include China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMan Yip \u003c\/b\u003eis V3 Group Professor in Family Entrepreneurship, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Wu\u003c\/b\u003e is Global Fellow at the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore (NUS), Visiting Researcher at the NUS Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law, and Legal Consultant, ClientEarth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eT.M. Yeo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e SC (Hon) \u003c\/b\u003eis Yong Pung How Chair Professor of Law, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 April 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHart Publishing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781509987863\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e448\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51936230703244,"sku":"9781509987863","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_5c15c45b-6dd1-4ca0-9c58-7282ce80f52e.jpg?v=1786015623","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781509987863","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}