Tort liability for human rights abuses / George P. Fletcher.

Advancing a bold theory of the relevance of tort law in the fight against human rights abuses, celebrated US law professor George Fletcher here challenges the community of international lawyers to think again about how they can use the Alien Tort Statute. Beginning with an historical analysis Fletch...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Fletcher, George P.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2008.
Subjects:	United States. > Alien Tort Claims Act. Torts (International law) Civil rights. State action (Civil rights) Government liability > United States. War crimes. War (International law) Torture (International law) Alien Tort Claims Act (United States) Government liability. United States. Computer network resources.