主题：公司责任的划分——日本跨国公司与二战

时间：11月26日（星期一）11：45-13：30

地点：逸夫楼4040

主讲嘉宾: Tim Webster

讲座内容简介：

The discussion of corporate civil liability for human rights abuses has engendered a significant amount of scholarly and judicial attention in the United States in recent decades. But the viability of a corporate liability norm ultimately depends on the contribution of multiple jurisdictions. Recent researches find qualified support for an emerging norm of corporate civil liability for human rights abuses in a series of Japanese lawsuits. While the underlying events took place during World War II, the jurisprudence highlights various modes by which domestic courts assign corporate liability, even if they do not end up awarding damages. By consistently finding corporations liable, the lawsuits provide additional support for the emergent norm of corporate liability from a non-Western jurisdiction.

近几十年来，关于侵犯人权行为的公司民事责任的讨论在美国引起了大量的学术和司法关注，但对此类民事责任的规范需要多个法域的共同努力。近来的研究为日本一系列诉讼中正在形成的侵犯人权行为的公司民事责任规范提供了有效的支持。虽然这些事件发生在第二次世界大战期间，最终没有被判予损害赔偿，但其判例突出了国内法院认定公司责任的各种模式。通过不断认定公司负有责任，为非西方司法管辖区的新出现的公司责任准则提供了额外的支持。

主讲嘉宾简介:

Tim Webster is Associate Professor of Transnational Law and Director of Asian Legal Studies at Case Western Reserve University. He teaches International Business Transactions, International Human Rights, Property and Chinese Law. His research on East Asia spans fields such as human rights, trade, investment, and transnational litigation, and appears in the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Michigan Journal of International Law, Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business and Virginia Journal of International Law. He has testified before Congress, written for the popular media, and lectured in French, Mandarin and Japanese to audiences in Asia, Australia, Europe and North America. Before joining Case Western Reserve, Webster was a lecturer at Yale Law School and senior fellow at its China Law Center. He has held visiting professorships at the University of Paris — Dauphine, National Taiwan University, and Southwest University of Political Science and Law.

Tim Webster，凯斯西储大学跨国法副教授和亚洲法律研究主任。他教授《国际商业交易》、《国际人权》、《财产法》和《中国法律》。他对东亚的研究涉及人权、贸易、投资和跨国诉讼等领域，发表在《哥伦比亚跨国法杂志》、《密歇根州国际法杂志》、《西北国际法与商业杂志》上和弗吉尼亚国际法杂志。他曾在国会作证，为大众媒体撰稿，并以法语、普通话和日语向亚洲、澳大利亚、欧洲和北美的观众发表演讲。在加入凯斯西储之前，韦伯斯特曾在耶鲁法学院担任讲师，并在中国法律中心担任高级研究员。他曾在巴黎大学-多芬大学、台湾大学和西南政法大学担任客座教授。

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