Civil actions for uncivilized acts
Subtitle: the adjudicative jurisdiction of common law courts in transnational human rights proceedings
By: François Larocque
Publisher: Irwin Law
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9781552211878
Subjects: Torts (International law); Jurisdiction; Immunities of foreign states; Jurisdiction (International law); Liability for human rights violations
Other titles: Adjudicative jurisdiction of common law courts in transnational human rights proceedings
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Cambridge.

Foreword by Louise Arbour.

Includes table of cases.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-351) and index.
Table of contents: title: Transnational human rights litigation; title: The Alien Tort Claims Act; title: The Torture Victim Protection Act and other US jurisdictional bases; title: Customary international law and common law courts; title: Extraterritorial jurisdiction, applicable law, and justiciability; title: Forum non conveniens; title: State immunity; title: A theory and assessment of transnational human rights litigation; title: Corporate civil liability under ATCA.