Justice across borders : the struggle for human rights in U.S. courts / / Jeffrey Davis [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454370703321
• Autore: Davis Jeffrey <1967->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008
• ISBN: 1-107-18333-2; 1-281-71698-7; 9786611716981; 0-511-80952-2; 0-511-40933-8; 0-511-40987-7; 0-511-40797-1; 0-511-40723-8; 0-511-40876-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 303 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 342.7308/8
• Soggetti: Administrative responsibility - United States; Noncitizens - United States; Government liability (International law); International crimes
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The seeds of legal accountability -- Competing forces in the struggle for accountability : An overview of the issues entangling ATS litigation -- Human rights entrepreneurs : NGOs and the ATS revolution -- Separation of powers and human rights cases -- No safe haven : human rights cases challenging foreign countries and nationals -- Holding corporations accountable for human rights violations -- Sorting through the ashes : testing findings and predictions through quantitative analysis -- Impact and conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 this step toward a universal approach to human rights law. Davis examines attempts by human rights groups to use the law to enforce human rights norms. He explains the separation of powers issues arising when victims sue the United States or when the United States intervenes to urge dismissal of a claim and analyses the controversies arising from attempts to hold foreign nations, foreign officials, and corporations liable under international human rights law. While Davis's analysis is driven by social science methods, its foundation is the dramatic human story from which these cases arise.