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Laying One Bankrupt Critique to Rest: Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain and the Future of International Human Rights Litigation in U.S. Courts
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In the half-century since the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education, rights consciousness has expanded beyond Brown's domestic constitutional framework. Twenty-five years after Brown, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals decided Filartiga v. Peña-Irala and thereby opened the courts of the United States to civil actions for the enforcement of internationally-guaranteed human rights under the Alien Tort Statute of 1789. Fifty years after Brown, the Supreme Court decided Sosa v...
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Human rights imperialism.
Monthly Review
; Human Rights has been for a generation the chosen battlefield of U.S. worldwide propaganda. The United States, which imprisons a much larger percentage of its population than any other country, routinely sets itself up as the universal arbiter of human rights. Its propagandists argue that the sole
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Theory and Reality in the International Protection of Human Rights.(Review)
Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law
; THEORY AND REALITY IN THE INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS J. Shand Watson. Ardsley, NY: Transnational Publishers, 1999. US$115 (Hardcover) Professor Watson's book provides a controversial perspective on Austin's timeless question is international law really law by asking essentially Is
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A Handbook of International Human Rights Terminology (Second Edition).(Book Review)
International Journal on World Peace
; A HANDBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS TERMINOLOGY (SECOND EDITION) H. Victor Conde Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004 393 pages, paper, $35.00 With over 1,100 clearly defined entries, the Handbook of International Human Rights Terminology (Second Edition) is the most comprehensive,
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The protection of human rights under international law: will the U.N. Human Rights Council and the emerging new norm "responsibility to protect" make a difference?
Denver Journal of International Law and Policy
; I. I will begin with a tribute to Professor Myres S. McDougal, who was the reason I went to Yale Law School. After receiving an LLM. at Northwestern with Professor Brunson McChesney as my advisor, my years at Yale (1962-65) were the most enjoyable of my student life. An inspiring teacher, a
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Into the bright sunshine: the value of human rights in the United States.(Human Rights)
The American Prospect
; THE MOST OBVIOUS VALUE of human rights to the post-Holocaust world has been to set a limit on government power and shine a light on its abuses. The limit comes from the revolutionary idea, conceived in the immediate aftermath of World War II, that all governments are constrained in their actions by
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STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT ON U.S. SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS:HAROLD HONGJU KOH
Congressional Testimony
; 00-00-0000 Statement of Harold Hongju Koh Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Yale Law School Committee on House International Relations July 9, 2003 Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee for inviting me back before your Committee, which gave me such unstinting
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THE POLITICS OF THE PEOPLE, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND WHAT IS HIDDEN FROM VIEW
The George Washington International Law Review
; THE POLITICS OF THE PEOPLE, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND WHAT IS HIDDEN FROM VIEW International Law from Below: Development, Social Movements and Third World Resistance. Balakrishnan Rajagopal. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Pp. 360, $80.00 (Hardcover); $28.99 (Paperback). Today, one cannot
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Culture, Resistance, and the Problems of Translating Human Rights
Texas International Law Journal
; I shall start by outlining my approach to the questions of human rights and culture, and then proceed to discuss areas of Florian Hoffmann's paper with which I am in agreement in general, and then conclude with my specific critical comments about the paper. To begin with, in my past work, I have
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RICHARD BONNOT LILLICH, INTERNATIONAL LAW AUTHORITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS LEADER.(News/National/International)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
; Byline: Wolfgang Saxon The New York Times Professor Richard Bonnot Lillich, an authority on international law, particularly in the field of human rights and the adjudication of international claims, died Aug. 3 at his farm in Charlottesville, Va. He was 63. The cause was a heart attack, according
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Human rights, international law and domestic courts
St. John's Law Review
; GREETINGS Father Harrington, Reverend Members of the Clergy, Eminent Jurists, Distinguished Public Officials, Dean Hasl, Members of the Faculty, Alumni and Friends of St. John's. Permit me at the outset to extend a special welcome to all of our foreign guests to the United States, the great City of
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