 | Gillian Brock, Darrel Moellendorf - 2005 - 320 páginas
...limited way the US Alien Tort Claim Act of 1789 does, in giving US federal courts "jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed...violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States." The interpretation and scope of that statute is judicially disputed, most recently in the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - 2005 - 1496 páginas
...1789 ("ATCA"). 28 USC § 1350, states that "[t]he district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed...violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States." The Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 ("TVPA"), 28 USC § 1350, provides that [a]n individual... | |
 | Karen J. Greenberg, Joshua L. Dratel - 2005 - 1306 páginas
...nature of habeas actions. The ATCA provides the “district 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 treaty of the United States.” ¿ 1 8 USC § 1 350. The ATCA, although it provides federal jurisdiction... | |
 | Koen Feyter - 2005 - 543 páginas
...Coalition for the Defence of the Republic. 19 "The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations." (28 USC § 1350, Alien Tort Claims Act). the 70 eyewitness reports gathered in Rwanda, the public prosecutor... | |
 | Elin Skaar, Siri Gloppen, Astri Suhrke - 2005 - 330 páginas
...the Congo r. Belgium), 14 February 2002. 70. "The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations" (28 USC §1350). The procedure is civil and for damages, not criminal. 71. The law was amended on 22... | |
 | Martin Seegers - 2005 - 302 páginas
...heißt es, dass „[t]he district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an ahen for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States."586 Während danach Klagen von Ausländern wegen Völkerrechtsverletzungen möglich sind, bleibt... | |
 | Caroline S. Wagner - 2009 - 175 páginas
...states that "the district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States," several American corporations have been sued for human rights violations committed outside... | |
 | Jennfier Harbury - 2005 - 268 páginas
...two centuries old; it simply states that “The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the laws of nations or a treaty of the United States” (28 USC § 1350). The second is the Torture Victim... | |
 | Jörg Menzel, Jeannine Hoffmann, Tobias Pierlings - 2005 - 934 páginas
...Wortlaut: „The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alienfor a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty ofthe United States" (28 USC § 1350). Der ATCA wurde erst durch Filartiga™ wieder ans Licht gebracht... | |
 | Robert Grosse - 2005 - 556 páginas
...the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) which permits aliens to sue in a US court for torts committed abroad in violation of the "law of nations" or a treaty of the United States. The ATCA dates from 1789, and while it may have been enacted to combat piracy, Congress' original... | |
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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... 
