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

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

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
Autor principal: Davis, Jeffrey, 1967- (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge [etc.] : Cambridge University Press 2008
Materias:
Estados Unidos. > Alien Tort Claims Act
Crímenes internacionales.
Extranjeros > Derecho > Estados Unidos.
Responsabilidad administrativa > Estados Unidos.
Derechos humanos
Responsabilidad del Estado (Derecho internacional)
Acceso en línea:Sumario
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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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