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Access To U.S. Federal Courts As A Forum For Human Rights Disputes: Pluralism And The Alien Tort Claims Act, Christiana Ochoa Jul 2005

Access To U.S. Federal Courts As A Forum For Human Rights Disputes: Pluralism And The Alien Tort Claims Act, Christiana Ochoa

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Back to Government?: The Pluralistic Deficit in the Decisionmaking Processes and Before the Courts, Symposium. University of Trento, Italy, June 11-12, 2004.


Taking Legal Pluralism Seriously: The Alien Tort Claims Act And The Role Of International Law Before U.S. Federal Courts, Luisa Antoniolli Jul 2005

Taking Legal Pluralism Seriously: The Alien Tort Claims Act And The Role Of International Law Before U.S. Federal Courts, Luisa Antoniolli

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Back to Government?: The Pluralistic Deficit in the Decisionmaking Processes and Before the Courts, Symposium. University of Trento, Italy, June 11-12, 2004.


"The Regulatory Grass In Greener": A Comparative Analysis Of The Alien Tort Claims Act And The European Union's Green Paper On Corporate Social Responsibility, Joshua M. Chanin Jul 2005

"The Regulatory Grass In Greener": A Comparative Analysis Of The Alien Tort Claims Act And The European Union's Green Paper On Corporate Social Responsibility, Joshua M. Chanin

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

No abstract provided.


"When Caterpillars Kill": Holding U.S. Corporations Accountable For Knowingly Selling Equipment To Countries For The Commission Of Human Rights Abuses Abroad, Zaha Hassan May 2005

"When Caterpillars Kill": Holding U.S. Corporations Accountable For Knowingly Selling Equipment To Countries For The Commission Of Human Rights Abuses Abroad, Zaha Hassan

San Diego International Law Journal

With the recent trend towards holding corporations accountable for aiding and abetting human rights abuses abroad, this paper asks the question whether corporations should be held liable for knowingly facilitating human rights abuses abroad by selling equipment widely known to be used in such abuses. To this end, the case of Caterpillar sales to Israel will here be examined. Part II provides an overview of the history of the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) and its applicability in United States courts. Part III gives an overview of how corporate liability for human rights abuses abroad developed under the ATCA. Part …


Union Responses To The Challenges Of An Increasingly Globalized Economy, Stephen B. Moldof Jan 2005

Union Responses To The Challenges Of An Increasingly Globalized Economy, Stephen B. Moldof

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

No abstract provided.


2004-2005 Survey Of International Law In The Second Circuit, Nancy A. Noonan Jan 2005

2004-2005 Survey Of International Law In The Second Circuit, Nancy A. Noonan

Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce

This survey reviews significant case law from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the Federal District Courts in New York, and the New York Court of Appeals decided from July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004. Those cases which overturned old law and/or broke new ground were included in this survey. Consequently, cases that simply reaffirmed previous decisions were not reported.