Kiobel and the Surprising Death of Universal Jurisdiction Under the Alien Tort Statute
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9541540 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julian G Ku, Julian Ku (Hofstra University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 107 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 835-841 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of International Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9300 • E-ISSN: 2161-7953 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5305/amerjintelaw.107.4.0835 |
| OpenAlex | W3122875043 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. has not ended future debate about the scope and impact of the Alien Tort Statute (ATS). But the Kiobel Court did resolve at least one issue with surprising unanimity: both the opinion for the Court by Chief Justice John Roberts and the main concurring opinion by Justice Stephen Breyer refused to interpret the ATS as authorizing universal jurisdiction. All nine justices rejected decades of lower-court precedent and widespread scholarly opinion when they held that the ATS excluded cases involving purely extraterritorial conduct, even if the alleged conduct constituted acts that are universally proscribed under international law
Alien Tort Statute · Jurisdiction · Liability · Majority opinion · Original jurisdiction · Political science · Statute · Supreme court · Tort · Corporate Law and Human Rights · International Law and Aviation · International Law and Human Rights · Law
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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