Add to ORKGThis Article begins from the premise that the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) no longer serves a useful purpose in litigating human rights claims. As others have argued in this issue, that premise may not be correct. Assuming it is, however, one should anticipate that human rights lawyers will pursue alternative avenues for relief
This Article looks at the scope and application of the local remedies rule in international law and ...
The Alien Tort Statute (ATS), enacted in 1789 as part of the first Judiciary Act, provides that “[t]...
Historically, international law consisted primarily of substantive norms, leaving it to individual n...
This Article begins from the premise that the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) no longer serves a useful pur...
Litigation in domestic courts is only one of many ways to promote and protect international human ri...
When the Second Circuit decided in Filartiga v. Pena-Irala that the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) provide...
I argue in this article that no reasonable basis exists to justify federal courts refusing to consid...
The article focuses on uses Alien Tort Statute as a vehicle for litigating human rights abuses in bo...
Judge Kaufman held in a 1980 decision that a non-US citizen could file civil suits in the U.S. for h...
During the last quarter of a century, litigation in United States courts to address hum...
Human rights’ and other international law activists have long worked to add teeth to their tasks. O...
For decades, the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) has played a valuable role in human rights litigation in U...
U.S. foreign policy--under every Administration--involves promoting respect for human rights around ...
In this author’s view, the concurring Justices are correct in allowing ATS suits against Americans f...
The Alien Tort Statute, enacted in 1789 as part of the first Judiciary Act, provides that “[t]he dis...
This Article looks at the scope and application of the local remedies rule in international law and ...
The Alien Tort Statute (ATS), enacted in 1789 as part of the first Judiciary Act, provides that “[t]...
Historically, international law consisted primarily of substantive norms, leaving it to individual n...
This Article begins from the premise that the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) no longer serves a useful pur...
Litigation in domestic courts is only one of many ways to promote and protect international human ri...
When the Second Circuit decided in Filartiga v. Pena-Irala that the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) provide...
I argue in this article that no reasonable basis exists to justify federal courts refusing to consid...
The article focuses on uses Alien Tort Statute as a vehicle for litigating human rights abuses in bo...
Judge Kaufman held in a 1980 decision that a non-US citizen could file civil suits in the U.S. for h...
During the last quarter of a century, litigation in United States courts to address hum...
Human rights’ and other international law activists have long worked to add teeth to their tasks. O...
For decades, the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) has played a valuable role in human rights litigation in U...
U.S. foreign policy--under every Administration--involves promoting respect for human rights around ...
In this author’s view, the concurring Justices are correct in allowing ATS suits against Americans f...
The Alien Tort Statute, enacted in 1789 as part of the first Judiciary Act, provides that “[t]he dis...
This Article looks at the scope and application of the local remedies rule in international law and ...
The Alien Tort Statute (ATS), enacted in 1789 as part of the first Judiciary Act, provides that “[t]...
Historically, international law consisted primarily of substantive norms, leaving it to individual n...