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Tort Liability for Human Rights Abuses
George P Fletcher
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Description for Tort Liability for Human Rights Abuses
Paperback. This book challenges the community of international lawyers to think again about how they can use the Alien Tort Statute. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH; LND; LNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hart Publishing
Number of pages
222
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841137940
SKU
V9781841137940
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Ref
99-10
About George P Fletcher
George P Fletcher is the Cardozo Professor of Jurisprudence at Columbia University in New York.
Reviews for Tort Liability for Human Rights Abuses
An interesting read Journal of the Commonwealth Lawyers' Association Vol. 18 No. 1