Corporate Social Responsibility and the Law is a topic at the forefront of international legal debate, increasingly embedded into the legal curriculum worldwide. This proposed book aims to explore established and developing issues relating to law and CSR, providing students and researchers in the field with a thorough understanding of CSR in context.

CSR and the Law offers a thematic overview of major areas of debate, presenting illustrative examples and case studies from jurisdictions around the world. The text addresses the following major topics:

• the commercial climate that surrounds and underpins CSR
• the legal and policy frameworks that structure and regulate decision-making concerning CSR
• the legal and governance techniques that have evolved in promoting CSR, as well as critical analysis of these techniques
• how firms may respond to the different CSR approaches

Comprehensive and clearly written, this text offers a thorough resource that will be of benefit to those studying CSR, business law and human rights in law and business schools internationally.