Add to ORKGWhen the Second Circuit decided in Filartiga v. Pena-Irala that the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) provided a federal forum for international human rights claims, no one would have predicted that thirty-three years later in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. the Supreme Court would use the presumption against extraterritoriality to limit those claims. This Essay recounts some of the doctrinal developments in alien tort litigation during the intervening thirty-three years
Judge Kaufman held in a 1980 decision that a non-US citizen could file civil suits in the U.S. for h...
For over four decades, the Alien Tort Statute has served as a central battleground in some of the co...
For decades, the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) has played a valuable role in human rights litigation in U...
The Alien Tort Statute (ATS) has provoked extensive, passionate debate, despite the relatively modes...
This Article begins from the premise that the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) no longer serves a useful pur...
This Article explains how the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) began in the late eighteenth century as a nat...
When the Second Circuit decided in Filartiga v. Pena-Irala that the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) provide...
When the Second Circuit decided in Filartiga v. Pena-Irala that the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) provide...
The Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1350, which provides federal jurisdiction over suits by aliens f...
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...
I argue in this article that no reasonable basis exists to justify federal courts refusing to consid...
This Article explains how the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) began in the late eighteenth century as a nat...
In this author’s view, the concurring Justices are correct in allowing ATS suits against Americans f...
Judge Kaufman held in a 1980 decision that a non-US citizen could file civil suits in the U.S. for h...
For over four decades, the Alien Tort Statute has served as a central battleground in some of the co...
For decades, the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) has played a valuable role in human rights litigation in U...
The Alien Tort Statute (ATS) has provoked extensive, passionate debate, despite the relatively modes...
This Article begins from the premise that the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) no longer serves a useful pur...
This Article explains how the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) began in the late eighteenth century as a nat...
When the Second Circuit decided in Filartiga v. Pena-Irala that the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) provide...
When the Second Circuit decided in Filartiga v. Pena-Irala that the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) provide...
The Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1350, which provides federal jurisdiction over suits by aliens f...
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...
I argue in this article that no reasonable basis exists to justify federal courts refusing to consid...
This Article explains how the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) began in the late eighteenth century as a nat...
In this author’s view, the concurring Justices are correct in allowing ATS suits against Americans f...
Judge Kaufman held in a 1980 decision that a non-US citizen could file civil suits in the U.S. for h...
For over four decades, the Alien Tort Statute has served as a central battleground in some of the co...
For decades, the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) has played a valuable role in human rights litigation in U...