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The Alien Tort Statute And The Law Of Nations, Bradford R. Clark, Anthony J. Bellia
The Alien Tort Statute And The Law Of Nations, Bradford R. Clark, Anthony J. Bellia
Anthony J. Bellia
Courts and scholars have struggled to identify the original meaning of the Alien Tort Statute (ATS). As enacted in 1789, the ATS provided "[t]hat the district courts...shall...have cognizance...of all causes where an alien sues for tort only in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States." The statute was rarely invoked for almost two centuries. In the 1980s, lower federal courts began reading the statute expansively to allow foreign citizens to sue other foreign citizens for all violations of modern customary international law that occurred outside the United States. In 2004, the Supreme Court took …
Cracking The American Climate Negotiators’ Hidden Code: United States Law And The Paris Agreement, David A. Wirth
Cracking The American Climate Negotiators’ Hidden Code: United States Law And The Paris Agreement, David A. Wirth
David A. Wirth
Categorizing Acts By State Officials: Attribution And Responsibility In The Law Of Foreign Official Immunity, Chimene I. Keitner
Categorizing Acts By State Officials: Attribution And Responsibility In The Law Of Foreign Official Immunity, Chimene I. Keitner
Chimene I Keitner
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