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The New Deference-Based Approach To Adjudicating Political Questions In Corporate Ats Cases: Potential Pitfalls And Workable Fixes, Seth Korman
Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business
Much has been made of executive-branch attempts to exert control over cases brought against corporations under the Alien Tort Stat- ute. Under the Bush Administration, the executive branch repeatedly sought to influence district court opinions through targeted letters to the court or statements of interest. These letters, frequently written by the State Department legal advisor, sought to convince courts that adjudication of claims against corporate defendants would have an ad- verse effect on U.S. foreign policy, thus triggering the political question doctrine and forcing the courts to rule the claims nonjusticiable. Though some courts have, in fact, deferred entirely to …
Union Responses To The Challenges Of An Increasingly Globalized Economy, Stephen B. Moldof
Union Responses To The Challenges Of An Increasingly Globalized Economy, Stephen B. Moldof
Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business
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