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The Limits Of 8 U.S.C. § 1252(G): When Do Courts Have Jurisdiction To Entertain An Alien’S Claim For Damages Against The Government?, Kimberly P. Will
The Limits Of 8 U.S.C. § 1252(G): When Do Courts Have Jurisdiction To Entertain An Alien’S Claim For Damages Against The Government?, Kimberly P. Will
Cornell International Law Journal
The objective of this Note is to identify the scope of § 1252(g). It concurs with previous scholarship, which has stated that, based on legislative intent and controlling precedents, § 1252(g) only applies to instances where the government exercises discretionary authority. That is, when the government violates statutes or its own regulations, courts may entertain the alien’s claim for damages. However, as many courts reject this argument, this Note further suggests that § 1252(g) should be interpreted narrowly so as to allow meritorious plaintiffs the possibility of recovering for the harm they suffered. This Note will also explore the international …
Degrees Of Deference: Applying Vs. Adopting Another Sovereign's Law, Kevin M. Clermont
Degrees Of Deference: Applying Vs. Adopting Another Sovereign's Law, Kevin M. Clermont
Cornell Law Review
Familiar to all Federal Courts enthusiasts is the Erie distinction between federal actors’ obligatory application of state law and their voluntary adoption of state law as federal law. This Article’s thesis is that this significant distinction holds in all other situations where a sovereign employs another’s law: not only in the analogous reverse-Erie resolution of federal law’s constraint on state actors, but also in the horizontal choice-of-law setting and even in connection with the status of international law. Application and adoption are different avenues by which to approach a pluralist world. Application involves the recognition of the other sovereign’s law …