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Author Davis, Jeffrey

Title Justice Across Borders : the Struggle for Human Rights in U.S. Courts
Published Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (319 pages)
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Deadication; Contents; Acknowledgments; ONE The Seeds of Legal Accountability; TWO Competing Forces in the Struggle for Accountability: An Overview of the Issues Entangling ATS Litigation; THREE Human Rights Entrepreneurs: NGOs and the ATS Revolution; FOUR Separation of Powers and Human Rights Cases; FIVE No Safe Haven: Human Rights Cases Challenging Foreign Countries and Nationals; SIX Holding Corporations Accountable for Human Rights Violations; SEVEN Sorting through the Ashes: Testing Findings and Predictions through Quantitative Analysis
EIGHT Impacts and ConclusionIndex
Summary This book studies the struggle to enforce international human rights law in federal courts
Notes Print version record
Subject United States. Alien Tort Claims Act.
SUBJECT Alien Tort Claims Act (United States) fast (OCoLC)fst01376538
Subject Administrative responsibility -- United States
Noncitizens -- United States.
Government liability (International law)
International crimes.
International criminal law.
International criminal law.
Administrative responsibility.
Noncitizens.
Government liability (International law)
International crimes.
United States.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780511408762
0511408765
1281716987
9781281716989