KIOBEL'S NEW FOCUS ON EXTRATERRITORIALITY UNDER THE ALIEN TORT STATUTE COULD PUT RESOLUTION OF THE CORPORATE LIABILITY ISSUE INDEFINITELY OUT OF REACH.

Autor:	ERB, NICOLE, PELL, OWEN
Předmět:	TORT claims acts FOREIGN corporations TRIAL practice SOCIAL responsibility of business JURISDICTION JUDGMENT (Psychology)
Zdroj:	Georgetown Journal of International Law; Summer2012, Vol. 43 Issue 4, p1073-1076, 4p
Abstrakt:	The article discusses the utility of Alien Tort Statute (ATS), the U.S. Alien Tort Claims Act, in helping foreign corporations to anticipate their U.S. litigation and regulatory enforcement risk. It cites the reference of the U.S. Supreme Court case Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. in which the questions of corporate liability and extraterritorial jurisdiction were discussed. It mentions that if the decision will come in favor of Kiobel it would be welcomed by corporations.
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