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Bittersweet: A Potential Avenue To International Tort Liability For American Companies In The Cocoa Supply Chain, Sara Leonhartsberger
Bittersweet: A Potential Avenue To International Tort Liability For American Companies In The Cocoa Supply Chain, Sara Leonhartsberger
University of Cincinnati Law Review
No abstract provided.
New Concern For Transnational Corporations: Potential Liability For Tortious Acts Committed By Foreign Partners
San Diego Law Review
This Comment addresses these broad issues in three parts. First, it discusses past initiatives by various governing bodies and private groups to handle the problem of TNCs investing in countries that commit grave human rights violations. 14 More specifically, the efforts discussed are those of the United Nations, the U.S. Congress and the President, state and city governments, and private groups. 5 Because of the U.S. government's desire to promote free trade, none of these efforts has proved effective in regulating investment activity overseas.
The Enforcement Of Punitive Damages Awards Between United States And Europe: An Introduction For U.S. Practitioners, Maria Veronica Saladino
The Enforcement Of Punitive Damages Awards Between United States And Europe: An Introduction For U.S. Practitioners, Maria Veronica Saladino
The International Lawyer
This article’s objective is to introduce U.S.-based practitioners to European civil-law perspectives on whether U.S. punitive damages awards are enforceable in their jurisdictions. After a brief review concerning the birth of punitive damages within common law, valuable to better understand their cultural and legal significance, this article will outline how the prominent European jurisdictions — France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland — have dealt with the enforcement of U.S. punitive damages awards. Through each jurisdiction’s policy principles and relevant law, this article aims to afford U.S.-based practitioners initial tips and litigation strategies about how to maximize their chances of enforcing …
Tortious Necessity; The Privileged Defense, John P. Finan, John Ritson
Tortious Necessity; The Privileged Defense, John P. Finan, John Ritson
Akron Law Review
The similarities between the laws of torts in the United States of America and England enable one to make an interesting comparison between the two sets of rules applicable to the general defense of necessity. Although both tort systems are derivatives to a greater or lesser extent of the English common law, they have inevitably developed their own individual jurisprudence over the years. Concepts have been refined and extended to produce significant and curious differences which provide an interesting exercise in legal forensic. The similarities of the two tort systems make a comparative study possible, and the differences provide the …
American Punitive Damages Vs. Compensatory Damages In Promoting Enforcement In Democratic Nations Of Civil Judgements To Deter State-Sponsors Of Terrorism, Jeffrey F. Addicott
American Punitive Damages Vs. Compensatory Damages In Promoting Enforcement In Democratic Nations Of Civil Judgements To Deter State-Sponsors Of Terrorism, Jeffrey F. Addicott
University of Massachusetts Law Review
Unfortunately, while the United States has established several legal avenues for civil litigation by private citizens of terror attacks against States that sponsor terrorism, a major stumbling block in terms of effectiveness rests in the reality that fellow democratic nations in the international community refuse to honor or domesticate the monetary judgments of American courts. Acknowledging that there are a plethora of political and legal obstacles associated with establishing a workable mechanism for fellow democracies to enforce the “terror” judgments of American courts, one reason that is often raised by critics is the strong objection to the matter of American …
Wrongful Death And Survival Actions For Torts In Violation Of International Law, Alastair J. Agcaoili
Wrongful Death And Survival Actions For Torts In Violation Of International Law, Alastair J. Agcaoili
San Diego Law Review
This Article aims to make sense of this neglected area of ATS law. I contend that the salient issue in these deceased-victim cases is not whether the nonvictim plaintiffs have standing to sue but rather whether they have a viable cause of action in the first place. Standing and cause of action concepts have an uneasy relationship in law. Although the distinction between constitutional standing and cause of action inquiries is well established, the division is less clear where, as here, standing doctrine is used to define a plaintiff’s eligibility to bring suit. Indeed, reliance on standing terminology in this …
The United States Government As Defendant - One Example Of The Need For A Uniform Liability Regime To Govern Outer Space And Space-Related Activities, Joseph A. Bosco
The United States Government As Defendant - One Example Of The Need For A Uniform Liability Regime To Govern Outer Space And Space-Related Activities, Joseph A. Bosco
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
What The United States Taught The Commonwealth About Pure Economic Loss: Time To Repay The Favor, Bruce Feldthusen
What The United States Taught The Commonwealth About Pure Economic Loss: Time To Repay The Favor, Bruce Feldthusen
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
International Tobacco Litigation's Evolution As A United States Torts Law Export: To Canada And Beyond?, Richard L. Cupp Jr.
International Tobacco Litigation's Evolution As A United States Torts Law Export: To Canada And Beyond?, Richard L. Cupp Jr.
Pepperdine Law Review
In the late 1990’s, the states’ healthcare reimbursement lawsuits against the tobacco industry were settled for approximately $246 billion. In the wake of this enormous settlement, many similar lawsuits were initiated in other nations or by other nations. Most of these early healthcare reimbursement lawsuits failed. However, in 2005, the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control was finalized by over 150 nations, and today has been ratified by 168 nations. The Framework encourages nations to consider tort litigation against tobacco sellers as a way to limit tobacco usage. Canada’s provinces have been particularly aggressive in seeking to use …
Apportioning Responsibility Among Joint Tortfeasors For International Law Violations, Roger P. Alford
Apportioning Responsibility Among Joint Tortfeasors For International Law Violations, Roger P. Alford
Pepperdine Law Review
With the new wave of claims against corporations for human rights violations – particularly in the context of aiding and abetting government abuse – there are unusually difficult problems of joint tortfeasor liability. In many circumstances, one tortfeasor – the corporation – is a deep-pocketed defendant, easily subject to suit, but only marginally involved in the unlawful conduct. Another tortfeasor – the sovereign – is a central player in the unlawful conduct, but, with limited exceptions, is immune from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. A third tortfeasor – the low-level security personnel – accused of actually committing the …
Laws Adrift: Anchoring Choice Of Law Provisions In Admiralty Torts, Marcus R. Bach-Armas, Jordan A. Dresnick
Laws Adrift: Anchoring Choice Of Law Provisions In Admiralty Torts, Marcus R. Bach-Armas, Jordan A. Dresnick
University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review
No abstract provided.
Liability For Torts In Violation Of International Law: No Hook Under Sosa For Secondary, Complicit Actors, Helena Lynch
Liability For Torts In Violation Of International Law: No Hook Under Sosa For Secondary, Complicit Actors, Helena Lynch
NYLS Law Review
No abstract provided.
Soldiers Of Semipalatinsk: Seeking A Theory And Forum For Legal Remedy, Anne Miers Kammer
Soldiers Of Semipalatinsk: Seeking A Theory And Forum For Legal Remedy, Anne Miers Kammer
San Diego International Law Journal
This Comment will address the unique dilemma of individuals in Kazakhstan whose health has been compromised by the former Soviet Union's 40-year period of nuclear testing on what is now Kazakhstan soil. The principal legal analysis of this Comment will focus on the availability of remedies (in the form of monetary damages available through legal resolution) to the citizens and/or state of Kazakhstan, and potential judicial forums in which to seek those remedies. Particular attention will be paid to the comparative likelihood of successful remedial legal action if pursued by a private class of Kazakhstan citizens versus action pursued by …
Student Article: Market Forces And The Rule Of Law As A Means Of Improving The Quality Of Life In Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghana, A Case Of Critical Analysis, Paul Sergius Koku
Student Article: Market Forces And The Rule Of Law As A Means Of Improving The Quality Of Life In Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghana, A Case Of Critical Analysis, Paul Sergius Koku
University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review
No abstract provided.
Lex Informatica: Foundations Of Law On The Internet, Aron Mefford
Lex Informatica: Foundations Of Law On The Internet, Aron Mefford
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
No abstract provided.
Case Digest, Law Review Staff
Case Digest, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Alien Tort Statute Grants Federal Court Subject Matter Jurisdiction Over Foreign Sovereign for Tort Committed in Clear Violation of International Law and Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act is not Exclusive Jurisdictional Grant Over Sovereign-- Amerada Hess Shipping Corp. v. Argentina Republic 830 F.2d 421 (2nd Cir. 1987)
Books Received, C. A. P.
Books Received, C. A. P.
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
COMPARATIVE LAW YEARBOOK
VOLUME 3, 1979.
Issued by the Center for International Legal Studies The Netherlands:
Sijthoff& Noordhoff, 1980. Pp. 287
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UNITED STATES FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW: DOCUMENTS AND SOURCES, VOLUME 1
EXECUTIVE AGREEMENTS
By Michael J.Glennon and Thomas M. Frank
Dobbs Ferry, New York: Oceana Publications, Inc., 1980. Pp. 474.
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U.S. NAVAL WAR COLLEGE, INTERNATIONAL LAW STUDIES, VOLUME 62 Edited by Richard B. Lillich and John Norton Moore
Newport, Rhode Island: Naval War College Press, 1980. Pp. 758.
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THE SOVIET PROCURACY AND THE SUPERVISION OF ADMINISTRATION
By Gordon B. Smith
The Netherlands: Sijthoff and Noordhoff,1978. Appendices. Pp. …
New Nations And The International Custom, S. Prakash Sinha
New Nations And The International Custom, S. Prakash Sinha
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Public Tort Liability Under The Treaty Constituting The European Coal And Steel Community Compared With The Federal Tort Claims Act, Klaus Kautzor-Schroeder
Public Tort Liability Under The Treaty Constituting The European Coal And Steel Community Compared With The Federal Tort Claims Act, Klaus Kautzor-Schroeder
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Tort Liability Of Organizations For Intentionally Impairing Economic Relations
Tort Liability Of Organizations For Intentionally Impairing Economic Relations
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.