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245 10 a| Tort Liability for Human Rights Abusesh| [electronic resource];

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300 a| 214 p.c| 08.500 x 05.500 in.;

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520 8 a| Annotationb| Advancing a bold theory of the relevance of tort law in the fight against human rights abuses, celebrated US law professor George Fletcher here challenges the community of international lawyers to think again about how they can use the Alien Tort Statute. Beginning with an historical analysis Fletcher shows how tort and criminal law originally evolved to deal with similar problems, how tort came to be seen as primarily concerned with negligence and how the Alien Tort Statute has helped establish the importance of tort law in international cases. In a series of cases starting with Filartiga and culminating most recently in Sosa, Fletcher shows how torture cases led to the reawakening of the Alien Tort Statute, changing US law and giving legal practitioners a tool with which to assist victims of torture and other extreme human rights abuses. This leads to an examination of Agent Orange and the possible commission of war crimes in the course of its utilisation, and the theory of liability for aiding and abetting the US military and other military forces when they commit war crimes. The book concludes by looking at the cutting-edge cases in this area, particularly those involving liability for funding terrorism, and the remedies available, particularly the potential offered by the compensation chamber in the International Criminal Court.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

650 4 a| Human Rights;

650 4 a| Civil Rights;

650 4 a| Liability (Law);

650 4 a| Torts;

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Tort Liability for Human Rights Abuses

Author/creator	Fletcher, George Author
Other author	Fletcher, George P. Author
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Oxford : Hart Publishing Limited Portland : International Specialized Book Services [Distributor]
Description	214 p. 08.500 x 05.500 in.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Human Rights Civil Rights Liability (Law) Torts

Summary	Annotation Advancing a bold theory of the relevance of tort law in the fight against human rights abuses, celebrated US law professor George Fletcher here challenges the community of international lawyers to think again about how they can use the Alien Tort Statute. Beginning with an historical analysis Fletcher shows how tort and criminal law originally evolved to deal with similar problems, how tort came to be seen as primarily concerned with negligence and how the Alien Tort Statute has helped establish the importance of tort law in international cases. In a series of cases starting with Filartiga and culminating most recently in Sosa, Fletcher shows how torture cases led to the reawakening of the Alien Tort Statute, changing US law and giving legal practitioners a tool with which to assist victims of torture and other extreme human rights abuses. This leads to an examination of Agent Orange and the possible commission of war crimes in the course of its utilisation, and the theory of liability for aiding and abetting the US military and other military forces when they commit war crimes. The book concludes by looking at the cutting-edge cases in this area, particularly those involving liability for funding terrorism, and the remedies available, particularly the potential offered by the compensation chamber in the International Criminal Court.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2008279429
ISBN	9781841137940
ISBN	1841137944 (Trade Paper) Active Record
Standard identifier#	9781841137940
Stock number	00136936

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