 | Radu Mareș - 2004 - 728 strani
...courts shall have original jurisdiction of any 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 Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment, and Assignment, Forfeiture, Bankruptcy etc.) Amendment... | |
 | W. Frederick Zimmerman - 2004 - 354 strani
...(2oo4) t 7 Opinion of the Court confers the privilege of suing for an actionable "tort . . . commitied in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States" on aliens alone. The fact that petitioners in these cases are being held in military custody is immaterial... | |
 | Oren Perez - 2004 - 308 strani
...Courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States. What is interesting in this law is that it requires US courts to consider, directly, the rules and... | |
 | Helmut K Anheier - 2004 - 448 strani
...grants jurisdiction to US Federal Courts over 'any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States' (Global Policy Forum, URLl. Groups like Earthrights lnternational, which combines human rights and... | |
 | Rachel Stein - 2004 - 198 strani
...courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States." 4. Until recently, the ATCA has been used infrequently. However, in 1980, the family members of a Paraguayan... | |
 | H. Victor Condä - 2004 - 436 strani
...District Courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States. Violations of internationally recogni/.ed human rights are meant to be remedied in national courts... | |
 | Dominic McGoldrick, Peter Rowe, Eric Donnelly - 2004 - 517 strani
...courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States'). 35 N Purvis, 'Critical Legal Studies in Public International Law' (1991)32 Harv Int'lLJ&l. 36 See Rome... | |
 | Erik Doxtader, Charles Villa-Vicencio - 2004 - 452 strani
...courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States.' While there have been many successes since the 1980 case of Filartiga v. Pena-Iral/f for claims in... | |
 | Sally W. Stoecker, Louise I. Shelley - 2005 - 174 strani
...the federal court to take jurisdiction over civil actions filed by aliens "based on a tort committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States." However, ATCA has never been used in cases of trafficking victims.39 One of the most significant aspects... | |
 | David J. Levy - 2003 - 412 strani
..."alien" is authorized to bring a civil suit in a United States district court "for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States." This statute has been used for suits by foreign citizens against individuals from around the globe.43... | |
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Courts, as the case may be, of all causes where an alien sues for a tort only, in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States... 
