Il principio di corporate responsibility in materia di violazione dei diritti umani da parte di imprese multinazionali: la decisione sul caso Kiobel

The essay analyses the long-lasting judicial saga in the Kiobel case under the US ATCA from the decisions of US lower courts till to the decision of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 2010. The article criticized the major argument raised by Court of Appeals : the supposed inadmissibility of the principle of corporate liability for human rights violations under contemporary human rights law.