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Torture As A Violation Of International Law Providing Federal Jurisdiction: Filartiga V. Pena Irala And The Alien Tort Statute, Neil J. Conway
Torture As A Violation Of International Law Providing Federal Jurisdiction: Filartiga V. Pena Irala And The Alien Tort Statute, Neil J. Conway
Antioch Law Journal
In Filartiga v. Pefia-IralaI the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the subject matter jurisdiction of the federal courts over an action between foreign nationals for the wrongful death by torture of a seventeen year old boy in Paraguay. Reversing the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the Second Circuit held that deliberate torture committed by a foreign police official violates international law, and that an action may therefore be brought in district court under 28 U.S.C. § 1350 (The Alien Tort Statute).2 The Alien Tort Statute, rarely invoked since its …
International Protection Of Human Rights And State Sovereignty, Jost Delbruck
International Protection Of Human Rights And State Sovereignty, Jost Delbruck
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
United States: Federal Reserve System Rules Concerning International Banking Facilities: Introductory Note, Cynthia C. Lichtenstein
United States: Federal Reserve System Rules Concerning International Banking Facilities: Introductory Note, Cynthia C. Lichtenstein
Cynthia C. Lichtenstein
No abstract provided.
What 'Counts' As Law?, Anthony D'Amato
What 'Counts' As Law?, Anthony D'Amato
Faculty Working Papers
A reader of jurisprudence might conclude that only philosophers raise the question whether international law may be said to exist or is really law. But in terms of frequency, the question is probably raised more often by governments and states that are not trying to be philosophical. The increasing attention being paid to the need for, and the procedures for, objective validation of rules of international law in a burgeoning literature of international law evidences the seriousness of the problem, the responsibility of scholars for careful scholarship in this area of legal theory, and ultimately the good possibility of generally …
Barristers And Judges In England Today, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Megarry
Barristers And Judges In England Today, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Megarry
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Party-Designated Arbitrators And The Duty To Disclose In Tripartite Commercial Arbitration: Barcon Associates, Inc. V. Tri-County Asphalt Corp., Bruce H. Kaye
Cardozo Law Review
No abstract provided.
Trends: The Decision To Block Iranian Assets--Reexamined, Cynthia C. Lichtenstein, Edward Gordon
Trends: The Decision To Block Iranian Assets--Reexamined, Cynthia C. Lichtenstein, Edward Gordon
Cynthia C. Lichtenstein
No abstract provided.