Tort liability for human rights abuses

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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Main Author: Fletcher, George P.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2008.
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504 # # |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 # |a Prelims; Contents; Introduction The New Rights; 1 A Comparative Analysis of Tort Law; 2 The Paradigm of Efficiency; 3 Reciprocity; 4 The Paradigm of Aggression; 5 Torture as Aggression; 6 The Jurisprudence of Sosa; 7 The Liability of Accessories; 8 Concluding Theses; Appendix One; Appendix Two; Index. 
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