Uncertain Justice
Liability of Multinationals under the Alien Tort Claims Act
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10792777 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Courtney Shaw (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1359 |
| Publication date | 2002-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Stanford Law Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-9765 • E-ISSN: 1939-8581 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1229625 |
| OpenAlex | W2223700587 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
On August 31, 2000, a federal district court judge in California handed down a decision that disposed of a potentially groundbreaking human rights case.' In Doe v. Unocal Corp.,2 Judge Ronald S.W. Lew granted defendant Unocal's motion for summary judgment,3 thereby dismissing claims brought by fifteen Burmese villagers4 under the Alien Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. ? 1350 (ATCA).5 The plaintiffs sought to hold the defendant, a California-based energy company, liable for human rights violations committed by the Burmese military in furtherance of defendant's pipeline venture. An earlier version of the case, National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma v. Unocal,6
Alien · Business · Economic Justice · Economics · Law and economics · Liability · Political science · Tort · Corporate Law and Human Rights · Environmental law and policy · International Law and Human Rights · Law
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2007 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |