Addressing Corporate Sovereigns As Foreign Policy Actors: A Conversation With Steve Coll On ExxonMobil’s “Private Empire”

Posted on November 8, 2017November 8, 2017 by Cassidy Bolt

Throughout the speaker series in the Mellon Sawyer Seminar on Corporations and International Law, the cohort has continuously questioned the implications that arise when corporations wield more power than governments. Through a conversation on November 7th with Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Steve Coll, this conversation continued with a particular focus on multinational corporations essentially adopting their Read more about Addressing Corporate Sovereigns As Foreign Policy Actors: A Conversation With Steve Coll On ExxonMobil’s “Private Empire”[…]

Whose responsibility? : A Discussion With Sergio Puig and Marina Welker on the Complexities of International Tobacco Regulation

Posted on October 23, 2017October 23, 2017 by Cassidy Bolt

Regulatory divergences between jurisdictions complicate the realm of international law, becoming even more complex when corporate actors are added into the equation. The study of international tobacco regulation clearly demonstrates these challenges, particularly the way in which the corporation can manipulate its power to advance self-interests. On October 20th, 2017, Duke University’s Mellon Sawyer Seminar Read more about Whose responsibility? : A Discussion With Sergio Puig and Marina Welker on the Complexities of International Tobacco Regulation[…]