Bad states, good corporations?

How can we understand how a struggle by the Global South in the 1970s to have more control over multinational corporations operating in their countries ended up reinforcing corporate property rights globally? What role did international law and institutions play? And how should we understand the work of business and human rights and international investment law in this context?

This is a piece written by André Dao, Caitlin Murphy and Sundhya Pahuja for an edited volume coming out soon that is called ‘The Battle for International Law 1975-2000’. Access the full publication on our publications page.