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Abstract
Today, transnational corporations are regarded as prominent actors in international arena. This is deemed by many as a significant feature attributable to modern international law. Rapid growth of these corporations and expansion of their activities resulted in growing concern as to studying the necessity of extending the rules of international law to encompass such novel entities. Furthermore, there are concerns as to whether states to which transnational corporations are nationals may bear responsibility for their activities beyond national borders. This paper also studies whether the host states of these corporations may be held responsible for their wrongful actions.
Keywords
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