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2018

Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Alien Tort Statute

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The Cost Of Territoriality: Jus Cogens Claims Against Corporations, Ursula Tracy Doyle Jan 2018

The Cost Of Territoriality: Jus Cogens Claims Against Corporations, Ursula Tracy Doyle

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

The article considers the apparent disjunction between the Court's effective limitation of liability for the U.S. corporation and expansive liability for the natural person for similar crimes. Topics include Jus Cogens claims against corporations; court cases Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC and Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. on the same; and Alien Tort Statute on the same.