Includes index.

Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction by the Editors -- Part 1: Towards International Rules Incumbent upon Companies -- 1 Corporate Human Rights Due Diligence: from the Process to the Principle -- Ludovica Chiussi -- 2 A Binding Instrument on Business and Human Rights as a Source of International Obligations for Private Companies: Utopia or Reality? -- Marco Fasciglione -- 3 International Investment Treaties as a Source of Human Rights Obligations for Investors -- Giovanni Zarra -- 4 To What Extent Does International Law Matter in the Field of Business and Human Rights? -- Andrea Spagnolo -- 5 The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights as the Source of Judicially Enforceable Obligations to the Activity of Private Companies -- Monica Parodi -- Part 2: The Contribution of Companies to the Development of Business and Human Rights Law -- 6 Direct and Indirect Involvement of Companies in the Development of Business and Human Rights Law: Insights from Practice -- Diego Mauri -- 7 Multi-stakeholder Initiatives and New Models of Co-regulation in the Field of Business and Human Rights -- Enzamaria Tramontana -- 8 The Role of Corporations as Standards Setters: the Case of Business Actors Involved in the Development and Deployment of Artificial Intelligence Tools -- Elena Carpanelli -- Part 3: Hardening the 'Softness' of Business and Human Rights Regulation -- 9 UNGP National Action Plans and their Legal Value -- Marta Bordignon -- 10 Hardening Soft Law: the Implementation of Human Rights Due Diligence Requirements in Domestic Legislations -- Chiara Macchi and Claire Bright -- 11 From Soft International Law on Business and Human Rights to Hard EU Legislation? -- Francesco Luigi Gatta -- 12 Human Rights Clauses in Public Procurement: a New Tool to Promote Human Rights in (States') Business Activities? -- Edoardo Alberto Rossi -- 13 The Unbearable Lightness of European Security and Markets Authority's Soft Law: an Italian Perspective -- Jacopo Alberti -- Conclusion -- Angelica Bonfanti -- Index.

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