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Justice Unconceived: How Posterity Has Rights, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl
Justice Unconceived: How Posterity Has Rights, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl
Faculty Publications
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African Private Security Companies And The Alien Tort Claims Act: Could Multinational Oil And Mining Companies Be Liable?, Jennifer L. Heil
African Private Security Companies And The Alien Tort Claims Act: Could Multinational Oil And Mining Companies Be Liable?, Jennifer L. Heil
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
This paper focuses specifically on the possible liability under the ATCA of multinational oil and mining companies operating in Africa. First, it will examine the relationships between the multinational oil and mining companies, private security forces and African governments. In doing so, it will describe the actual activities and operations of the private security forces in conjunction with the oil and mining corhpanies. Second, this paper will outline the elements of liability under the ATCA. This will include a discussion of recent cases in which foreign nationals have sued multinational companies in the United States for alleged human rights abuses …
Russian Compliance With Articles Five & Six Of The European Convention Of Human Rights As A Barometer Of Legal Reform & Human Rights In Russia, Jeffrey D. Kahn
Russian Compliance With Articles Five & Six Of The European Convention Of Human Rights As A Barometer Of Legal Reform & Human Rights In Russia, Jeffrey D. Kahn
Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters
This Note examines two of Russia's obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR): the Article 5 right to liberty and security, and the Article 6 right to a fair trial to gauge Russian compliance with European human rights norms. These articles lie at the heart of systematic legal reform in the Russian Federation. This Note defends the thesis that the agonizingly slow progress of judicial reform and the advancement of human rights in Russia is a function of the inevitable lag of conceptual norms behind institutional reform. Part I explores the weak place of the rule of law …
Legislative Watch, Human Rights Brief
Romagoza V. García: Proving Command Responsibility Under The Alien Tort Claims Act And The Torture Victim Protection Act, Beth Van Schaack
Romagoza V. García: Proving Command Responsibility Under The Alien Tort Claims Act And The Torture Victim Protection Act, Beth Van Schaack
Human Rights Brief
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