Lawyers in the Shadow of the Regulatory State: Transnational Governance on Business and Human Rights

Authors

Milton C. Regan Jr., Georgetown University Law Center
Kath Hall, Australian National University College of Law

Keywords

Administrative law, transnational governance, human rights

Abstract

Lawyers are beginning to play an important role in strengthening the system of transnational governance that regulates business and human rights. In setting the background to our discussion of lawyers’ role in this context, Part I of this Article provides a general overview of the emergence of the transnational governance regime. Part II then describes some of the governance instruments that attempt to prevent and rectify the adverse human rights impacts of business activities. Part III discusses the extent to which lawyers are advising their business clients on human rights issues, the factors that may inhibit or encourage the provision of such advice, and how the lawyers who are raising these issues are framing these discussions with their clients. Finally, Part IV suggests further areas of inquiry that may enrich our understanding of the role that lawyers can play in helping construct a transnational governance regime on business and human rights.

Recommended Citation

Milton C. Regan Jr. and Kath Hall, Lawyers in the Shadow of the Regulatory State: Transnational Governance on Business and Human Rights, 84 Fordham L. Rev. 2001 (2016).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol84/iss5/8