International Law
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
October 16, 2009 11:13 PM
The October 17 edition of the Wall Street Journal
includes an interesting piece about a new Supreme
Court of the United Kingdom (click here). "It isn't just the name
that echoes the top American court. For the
first time, the U.K.'s highest court is fully
separated, American-style, from Parliament and
its legislative function."
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Alien Tort Statute
August 27, 2009 04:40 PM
Today’s Wall Street
Journal has an interesting article about the Alien Tort
Statute, 28 USC 1350, an “arcane law” dating from
1789. (I have to admit, I wasn’t familiar with
it.) According to the article, the statute “has
been used often in recent years to sue major
companies for alleged complicity in crimes
overseas, including torture and murder. Defendants
need only to have regular business contacts with
the U.S. to be vulnerable to lawsuits.”
Here’s the Second Circuit opinion to
which the article refers, for a little more
background.