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Fundamental Rights and the Legal Obligations of Business, by David Bilchitz (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022), 499 pp.

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Fundamental Rights and the Legal Obligations of Business, by David Bilchitz (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022), 499 pp.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2024

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Business and Human Rights Journal , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , October 2024 , pp. 425 - 428
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press

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References

1 For example, Kenneth W. Abbott, et al., ‘The Concept of Legalization’ (2000) 54:3 International Organization 401, 414.

2 David Bilchitz, Fundamental Rights and the Legal Obligations of Business (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022), 4–5.

3 On this point, it is worth noting that Bilchitz frames his approach as determining the rights-based obligations of non-state actors generally; however, the book’s focus, as its title implies and its readership likely assumes, focuses almost exclusively on business and corporations.

4 Bilchitz, note 2, 59.

5 Ibid, 67.

6 Ibid, 86.

7 Ibid, 136.

8 Ibid, 176, 194.

9 Ibid, 176.

10 Ibid, 214.

11 Ibid, 220.

12 Ibid, 220–221.

13 Ibid, 231.

14 Ibid, 303.

15 Ibid, 313.

16 Ibid, 361.

17 See generally Kishanthi Parella, ‘Hard and Soft Law Preferences in Business and Human Rights’ (2020) 114 American Journal of International Law Unbound 168.

18 Kenneth Abbott and Duncan Snidal, ‘Hard and Soft Law in International Governance’ (2000) 54:3 International Organization 421, 444–445 (noting that it is ‘often more practical to negotiate a softer agreement that establishes general goals but with less precision and perhaps with limited delegation’).

19 See generally Steven R. Ratner, ‘Introduction to the Symposium on Soft and Hard Law on Business and Human Rights’ (2020), 114 American Journal of International Law Unbound 163.