Improving the prospects of international law enforcement through the US alien tort statute

The thesis conducts a review of the US Alien Tort Statute (ATS) to determine how it may be used to improve the prospects of international law enforcement in national courts, particularly with regard to international human rights law. Analysis follows case law under the statute and deals with a serie...

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Main Author: Gordon, Jaime Christopher
Published: University of Birmingham 2017
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.731805