Add to ORKGSuing corporations in U.S. courts for environmental harms abroad may soon be possible under the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA). Mhile several cases have been brought alleging environmental torts under the ATCA, no case has yet yielded corporate liability. Until courts accept environmental principles as part of the law of nations, and therefore actionable under the ATCA, plaintiffs should use remedies available for human rights claims as proxies for their environmental claims. Because corporate international environmental law violations are frequently linked to human rights abuses, well-established human rights causes of action should be used to usher in the emerging justiciability of environmental claims
In their book, Corporate Predators: The Hunt For Mega-Profits and The Attack on Democracy, Russell M...
In spite of the clear link between environmental harm and human rights violations, international...
Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. involves an action under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS). The case ...
Suing corporations in U.S. courts for environmental harms abroad may soon be possible under the Alie...
In the past thirty-five years, international human rights lawyers and, more recently, international ...
Part I of this Comment provides a general background highlighting the tentacular role that multinati...
For over 30 years, human rights, environmental and other plaintiffs’ attorneys have hailed foreign n...
The Alien Tort Statute (ATS) provides that the district courts shall have original jurisdiction over...
This paper seeks to elucidate the fundamental sources of ATCA jurisprudence that have modernized the...
The ATCA could be a powerful tool to promote corporate CSR, especially in developing countries where...
In August 2000, the District Court for the Central District of California issued summary judgment ag...
This Comment explores how a human rights approach would provide a more efficient means of achieving ...
Litigation over the effects of climate change has taken various forms, of which litigation based on ...
If American citizens or corporations commit gross violations of human rights against foreign victims...
Contrary to the claims of some observers, the Supreme Court\u27s decision in Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain...
In their book, Corporate Predators: The Hunt For Mega-Profits and The Attack on Democracy, Russell M...
In spite of the clear link between environmental harm and human rights violations, international...
Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. involves an action under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS). The case ...
Suing corporations in U.S. courts for environmental harms abroad may soon be possible under the Alie...
In the past thirty-five years, international human rights lawyers and, more recently, international ...
Part I of this Comment provides a general background highlighting the tentacular role that multinati...
For over 30 years, human rights, environmental and other plaintiffs’ attorneys have hailed foreign n...
The Alien Tort Statute (ATS) provides that the district courts shall have original jurisdiction over...
This paper seeks to elucidate the fundamental sources of ATCA jurisprudence that have modernized the...
The ATCA could be a powerful tool to promote corporate CSR, especially in developing countries where...
In August 2000, the District Court for the Central District of California issued summary judgment ag...
This Comment explores how a human rights approach would provide a more efficient means of achieving ...
Litigation over the effects of climate change has taken various forms, of which litigation based on ...
If American citizens or corporations commit gross violations of human rights against foreign victims...
Contrary to the claims of some observers, the Supreme Court\u27s decision in Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain...
In their book, Corporate Predators: The Hunt For Mega-Profits and The Attack on Democracy, Russell M...
In spite of the clear link between environmental harm and human rights violations, international...
Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. involves an action under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS). The case ...