Add to ORKGThe Alien Tort Statute (ATS) has provoked extensive, passionate debate, despite the relatively modest practical import of ATS cases. The outsized controversy surrounding the statute reflects its role in a longstanding struggle for control over the interpretation and enforcement of international law, and over whether that law will serve as a meaningful restraint on the actions of states, state officials, and corporations. As a result, the history of the ATS offers a unique window into the modern history of international law
For over four decades, the Alien Tort Statute has served as a central battleground in some of the co...
I argue in this article that no reasonable basis exists to justify federal courts refusing to consid...
In this Article, Professor Lee introduces a novel explanation of the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) - a fo...
This Article explains how the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) began in the late eighteenth century as a nat...
The Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1350, which provides federal jurisdiction over suits by aliens f...
The Alien Tort Statute is a short, thirty-two word section of the United States Code enacted in 1789...
Human rights’ and other international law activists have long worked to add teeth to their tasks. O...
When the Second Circuit decided in Filartiga v. Pena-Irala that the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) provide...
Courts and scholars have struggled to identify the original meaning of the Alien Tort Statute (ATS)....
The United States Supreme Court did not clearly define what facts invoke the Alien Tort Statute (ATS...
This Article explains how the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) began in the late eighteenth century as a nat...
The Alien Tort Statute, enacted in 1789 as part of the first Judiciary Act, provides that “[t]he dis...
The Alien Tort Statute (ATS), enacted in 1789 as part of the first Judiciary Act, provides that “[t]...
This Article will examine a number of procedural issues relevant to the Alien Tort Statute, focusing...
For decades, the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) has played a valuable role in human rights litigation in U...
For over four decades, the Alien Tort Statute has served as a central battleground in some of the co...
I argue in this article that no reasonable basis exists to justify federal courts refusing to consid...
In this Article, Professor Lee introduces a novel explanation of the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) - a fo...
This Article explains how the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) began in the late eighteenth century as a nat...
The Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1350, which provides federal jurisdiction over suits by aliens f...
The Alien Tort Statute is a short, thirty-two word section of the United States Code enacted in 1789...
Human rights’ and other international law activists have long worked to add teeth to their tasks. O...
When the Second Circuit decided in Filartiga v. Pena-Irala that the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) provide...
Courts and scholars have struggled to identify the original meaning of the Alien Tort Statute (ATS)....
The United States Supreme Court did not clearly define what facts invoke the Alien Tort Statute (ATS...
This Article explains how the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) began in the late eighteenth century as a nat...
The Alien Tort Statute, enacted in 1789 as part of the first Judiciary Act, provides that “[t]he dis...
The Alien Tort Statute (ATS), enacted in 1789 as part of the first Judiciary Act, provides that “[t]...
This Article will examine a number of procedural issues relevant to the Alien Tort Statute, focusing...
For decades, the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) has played a valuable role in human rights litigation in U...
For over four decades, the Alien Tort Statute has served as a central battleground in some of the co...
I argue in this article that no reasonable basis exists to justify federal courts refusing to consid...
In this Article, Professor Lee introduces a novel explanation of the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) - a fo...