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Jurisdiction - Aliens, Federal Courts And The Law Of Nations, Jeff Ballew Apr 2015

Jurisdiction - Aliens, Federal Courts And The Law Of Nations, Jeff Ballew

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Filartiga V. Pena-Irala: A Contribution To The Development Of Customary International Law By A Domestic Court, C. Donald Johnson Jr. Apr 2015

Filartiga V. Pena-Irala: A Contribution To The Development Of Customary International Law By A Domestic Court, C. Donald Johnson Jr.

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Filartiga V. Pena-Irala: International Justice In A Modern American Court?, Josef Rohlik Apr 2015

Filartiga V. Pena-Irala: International Justice In A Modern American Court?, Josef Rohlik

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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The Three C'S Of Jurisdiction Over Human Rights Claims In U.S. Courts, Chimène I. Keitner Jan 2015

The Three C'S Of Jurisdiction Over Human Rights Claims In U.S. Courts, Chimène I. Keitner

Michigan Law Review First Impressions

The legal aftermath of the Holocaust continues to unfold in U.S. courts. Most recently, the Seventh Circuit dismissed claims against the Hungarian national railway and Hungarian national bank for World War II-era crimes against Hungarian Jews on the grounds that the plaintiffs had not exhausted available local remedies in Hungary or provided a “legally compelling” reason for not doing so. More broadly, heated debates about the role of U.S. courts in enforcing international human rights law have not abated since the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., which restricted but did not eliminate federal …