The purpose of this Article is to discuss the evolution of the alienage jurisdiction statute and the status of overseas dependent territories in light of the recent Supreme Court decision. Part I of this Article will provide a brief historical background of 28 U.S.C. § 1332 and its purpose. Part II will discuss the concepts of the state and statelessness, as well as the role of dependent territories in international affairs. Part III will discuss and analyze the various federal decisions seemingly at loggerheads with each other on the issue of federal jurisdiction over dependent territories. Finally, Part IV will review the Traffic Stream decision and how this ruling was necessary to ensure judicial economy and pragmatism in an unprecedente...
This article explores when corporations can be held liable under the Alien Tort Statute for human ri...
Under the Alien Tort Statute United States of America (“America”) Federal Courts have the jurisdicti...
This Article explores some of the problems of obtaining personal jurisdiction over a business organi...
The United States of America will enter the new millennium as the business leader of the world, but ...
The United States of America will enter the new millennium as the business leader of the world, but ...
This Article will examine a number of procedural issues relevant to the Alien Tort Statute, focusing...
Statelessness clearly implicates issues concerning basic human rights. The United Nations has addres...
This Article explains how the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) began in the late eighteenth century as a nat...
Recent decisions by the United States Supreme Court as to the international reach of American antitr...
The article examines the unresolved issue of corporate liability under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) ...
The United States Supreme Court did not clearly define what facts invoke the Alien Tort Statute (ATS...
The globalization of the United States economy in the latter half of the twentieth century has foste...
This Note explores the post-Kiobel ATS cases and argues that the Fourth Circuit’s approach to consid...
This Note explores the post-Kiobel ATS cases and argues that the Fourth Circuit’s approach to consid...
This Note explores the post-Kiobel ATS cases and argues that the Fourth Circuit’s approach to consid...
This article explores when corporations can be held liable under the Alien Tort Statute for human ri...
Under the Alien Tort Statute United States of America (“America”) Federal Courts have the jurisdicti...
This Article explores some of the problems of obtaining personal jurisdiction over a business organi...
The United States of America will enter the new millennium as the business leader of the world, but ...
The United States of America will enter the new millennium as the business leader of the world, but ...
This Article will examine a number of procedural issues relevant to the Alien Tort Statute, focusing...
Statelessness clearly implicates issues concerning basic human rights. The United Nations has addres...
This Article explains how the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) began in the late eighteenth century as a nat...
Recent decisions by the United States Supreme Court as to the international reach of American antitr...
The article examines the unresolved issue of corporate liability under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) ...
The United States Supreme Court did not clearly define what facts invoke the Alien Tort Statute (ATS...
The globalization of the United States economy in the latter half of the twentieth century has foste...
This Note explores the post-Kiobel ATS cases and argues that the Fourth Circuit’s approach to consid...
This Note explores the post-Kiobel ATS cases and argues that the Fourth Circuit’s approach to consid...
This Note explores the post-Kiobel ATS cases and argues that the Fourth Circuit’s approach to consid...
This article explores when corporations can be held liable under the Alien Tort Statute for human ri...
Under the Alien Tort Statute United States of America (“America”) Federal Courts have the jurisdicti...
This Article explores some of the problems of obtaining personal jurisdiction over a business organi...