TY - JOUR
T1 - Proceedings of the 98th ASIL Annual Meeting, Introductory Remarks, The Alien Tort Claims Act Under Attack
AU - Drumbl, Mark A.
N1 - Mark A. Drumbl, The Alien Tort Claims Act Under Attack: Introductory Remarks, 98 Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. 49 (2004).
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - The Alien Tort Claims Act, or Alien Tort Statute, provides that the district courts shall have original jurisdiction over any private civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States. The act dates from 1789 (the First Congress). It essentially lay dormant until the 1980 decision by the Second Circuit in Filartiga v. Pena-Irala.
AB - The Alien Tort Claims Act, or Alien Tort Statute, provides that the district courts shall have original jurisdiction over any private civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States. The act dates from 1789 (the First Congress). It essentially lay dormant until the 1980 decision by the Second Circuit in Filartiga v. Pena-Irala.
KW - Transitional justice
KW - International law
KW - Government liability
UR - https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1199&context=wlufac
M3 - Lecture/Address/Speech
JO - American Society of International Law Proceedings
JF - American Society of International Law Proceedings
ER -