Justice across borders : the struggle for human rights in U.S. courts /

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This book studies the struggle to enforce international human rights law in federal courts. In 1980, a federal appeals court ruled that a Paraguayan family could sue a Paraguayan official under the Alien Tort Statute - a dormant provision of the 1789 Judiciary Act - for torture committed in Paraguay...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, Jeffrey, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Temas:
United States. > Alien Tort Claims Act.
Alien Tort Claims Act (United States)
Alien tort claims act.
Administrative responsibility > United States.
Noncitizens > United States.
Government liability (International law)
International crimes.
Responsabilité administrative > États-Unis.
Immigrants clandestins > États-Unis.
État > Responsabilité (Droit international)
Droit international pénal.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Administrative responsibility
Noncitizens
International crimes
Internationales Zivilprozessrecht
United States
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The seeds of legal accountability
  • Competing forces in the struggle for accountability : An overview of the issues entangling ATS litigation
  • Human rights entrepreneurs : NGOs and the ATS revolution
  • Separation of powers and human rights cases
  • No safe haven : human rights cases challenging foreign countries and nationals
  • Holding corporations accountable for human rights violations
  • Sorting through the ashes : testing findings and predictions through quantitative analysis
  • Impact and conclusion.

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