Environmental infringements and non-compliance with human rights standards are far from being scarce in the modern operations of transnational corporations. For the past decade, private international law has been trying to address the problem and find a solution. The European Union has not yet reached the level of harmonization of private international law rules that would comprehensively deal with the matter. With a range of studies and non-binding documents, the most effective remedy remains the Brussels I bis Regulation, as per jurisdiction, and the Rome II Regulation on conflict-of-law rules part.
The application of domestic residual jurisdiction rules inevitably reduces levels of legal certainty and predictability thus making it more difficult for the goal of free circulation of judgements to be reached. The master's thesis presents the current framework of regulation, which exceptions are applicable and why a coherent plan is necessary to undertake this issue. As a viable solution, the institute of single economic unit doctrine as used in the competition law is presented, as a mean of facilitation to victims on their path to just compensation.
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