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Things We Do With Presumptions: Reflections On Kiobel V. Royal Dutch Petroleum, Carlos Manuel Vázquez
Things We Do With Presumptions: Reflections On Kiobel V. Royal Dutch Petroleum, Carlos Manuel Vázquez
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The author argues in part I that the presumption should be regarded as categorically inapplicable to statutes conferring jurisdiction on the federal courts. He argues further that the majority opinion in Kiobel supports the conclusion that the presumption is inapplicable to such statutes. It is clear from the Court’s opinion that it was not applying the presumption to determine the geographical scope of the ATS qua jurisdictional statute. It was instead applying the presumption to determine the geographical scope of the federal common law cause of action it had recognized in Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain.
Even when the presumption against …