Justice across borders
Subtitle: the struggle for human rights in U.S. courts
By: Jeffrey Davis.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780521878173; 9780521702409
Subjects: United States; Administrative responsibility -- United States; Aliens -- United States; Government liability (International law); International offenses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The seeds of legal accountability; title: Competing forces in the struggle for accountability; title: Human rights entrepreneurs: NGOs and the ATS revolution; title: Separation of powers and human rights cases; title: No safe haven : human rights cases challenging; title: Holding corporations accountable for human rights violations; title: Sorting through the ashes : testing findings and predictions through; title: Impact and conclusion.