Legal Journals

Julian Ku on Sosa and the Alien Tort Statute
Hofstra lawprof Julian Ku in the Federalist Society publication Engage notes that after 2004's Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, the Supreme Court was praised for taking a middle position on the Alien Tort Statute, leaving the door "ajar" but not wide open...

Keitner on Ninth Circuit's Alien Tort Statute Decision
Chimčne Keitner (UC Hastings) recently wrote a guest post at Opinio Juris analyzing the Ninth Circuit's decision on the Alien Tort Statute (mentioned in Friday's roundup). Keitner finds three lessons in the decision: "1...

Bradley & Goldsmith on Alien Tort Statute Apartheid Litigation:
Curtis Bradley and Jack Goldsmith have an op-ed in today's Washington Post decrying a federal court's refusal to dismiss Alien Tort Claims Act suits against several American corporations for allegedly...

ERIC POSNER: Harold Koh, the Alien Tort Statute, and Decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind: A P
ERIC POSNER: Harold Koh, the Alien Tort Statute, and Decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind: A Puzzle. “Koh has long supported a type of litigation that probably breaches international law and in any event universally offends foreign opinion...

Harold Koh, the Alien Tort Statute, and Decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind: A Puzzle
So, to my mind at least, the whole theory that that there is such a thing as tort responsibility of individuals or non-state actors in international law is completely unsupported. If...

Abdullahi v. Pfizer and the Alien Tort Statute

Is Obama a Natural Born Citien?
Philip J. Berg, Esquire vs. Barack Hussein Obama, a/k/a Barry Soetoro, a/k/a Barry Obama, a/k/a Barack Dunham, a/k/a Barry Dunham, et al

Texas, USA
alleging the Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Act of 2003 violates several provisions of the Constitution.