LEADER 04073nam 22008291 450 001 9910953600603321 005 20251211121150.0 010 $a9786612048524 010 $a9781847317964 010 $a1847317960 010 $a9781472564535 010 $a1472564537 010 $a9781282048522 010 $a128204852X 010 $a9781847314635 010 $a1847314635 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472564535 035 $a(CKB)1000000000747462 035 $a(EBL)433369 035 $a(OCoLC)567829957 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000260280 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11218503 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000260280 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10223677 035 $a(PQKB)10896011 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1773034 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC433369 035 $a(OCoLC)1162861183 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09257044 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6165412 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL433369 035 $a(UtOrBLW)BP9781472564535BC 035 $a(Perlego)810151 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000747462 100 $a20140929d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTort liability for human rights abuses /$fGeorge P. Fletcher 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aOxford ;$aPortland, Oregon :$cHart Publishing,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (222 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781841137940 311 08$a1841137944 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction 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 330 $a"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 Fletcher shows how tort and criminal law originally evolved to deal with similar problems, how tort came to be seen as primarily concerned with negligence and how the Alien Tort Statute has helped establish the importance of tort law in international cases. In a series of cases starting with Filartiga and culminating most recently in Sosa, Fletcher shows how torture cases led to the reawakening of the Alien Tort Statute, changing US law and giving legal practitioners a tool with which to assist victims of torture and other extreme human rights abuses. This leads to an examination of Agent Orange and the possible commission of war crimes in the course of its utilisation, and the theory of liability for aiding and abetting the US military and other military forces when they commit war crimes. The book concludes by looking at the cutting-edge cases in this area, particularly those involving liability for funding terrorism, and the remedies available, particularly the potential offered by the compensation chamber in the International Criminal Court."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 606 $aCivil rights 606 $aGovernment liability$zUnited States 606 $aState action (Civil rights) 606 $aTorts (International law) 606 $aTorture (International law) 606 $aWar (International law) 606 $aWar crimes 615 0$aCivil rights. 615 0$aGovernment liability 615 0$aState action (Civil rights) 615 0$aTorts (International law) 615 0$aTorture (International law) 615 0$aWar (International law) 615 0$aWar crimes. 676 $a341.48 700 $aFletcher$b George P.$0233694 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910953600603321 996 $aTort liability for human rights abuses$94475288 997 $aUNINA