Tort Liability for Human Rights Abuses

by George P. Fletcher

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1841137944

ISBN13:9781841137940

Release Date:October 2008

Publisher:Hart Publishing

Length:222 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Related Subjects

Business Civil Rights Constitutional Law Education & Reference Foreign & International Law Law Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Sciences Textbooks Torts

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