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Justice Across Borders: The Struggle for Human Rights in U.S. Courts
Justice Across Borders The Struggle for Human Rights in US Courts
Author: Jeffrey Davis
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. Since then, courts have been wrestling with t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521702409
ISBN-10: 0521702402
Publication Date: 6/2/2008
Pages: 318
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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