Justice Across Borders

by Jeffrey Davis

Book Overview

This book studies the struggle to enforce international human rights law in federal courts. In 1980, a federal appeals court ruled that a Paraguayan family could sue a Paraguayan official under the Alien Tort Statute - a dormant provision of the 1789 Judiciary Act - for torture committed in Paraguay. Since then, courts have been wrestling with this step toward a universal approach to human rights law. Davis examines attempts by human rights groups...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521702402
• ISBN13: 9780521702409
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"