Awakening Monster: The Alien Tort Statute of 1789

by Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Nicholas K. Mitrokostas

Within the next decade, 100,000 class action Chinese plaintiffs, organized by New York trial lawyers, could sue General Motors, Toyota, General Electric, Mitsubishi, and a host of other blue-chip corporations in a US federal court for abetting China's denial of political rights, for observing China's restrictions on trade unions, and for impairing the Chinese environment. These plaintiffs might claim actual damages of $6 billion and punitive damages...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881323667
• ISBN13: 9780881323665
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economic
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher