Judge Bork’s Concept of the Law of Nations is Seriously Mistaken

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ID9561441
AuthorsAlessio D’amato (0000-0003-2344-0458, Council of Science Editors, corresponding author), Anthony D’amato
Year1985
Volume79
Issue1
Pages92-105
Publication date1985-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of International Law (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9300 • E-ISSN: 2161-7953
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2202665
OpenAlexW2327270885
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited3

A recent decision of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Tel-Oren v. Libyan Arab Republic , is sparking considerable controversy and will undoubtedly be examined at length in law journals. The events in issue occurred March 8, 1978, when 13 heavily armed members of the Palestine Liberation Organization left Lebanon for Israel under instructions to seize and hold Israeli civilians in ransom for the release of PLO members incarcerated in Israel. On the main highway between Haifa and Tel Aviv, they stopped and seized a civilian bus, a taxi, a passing car, and later a second civilian bus, taking the passengers hostage. While proceeding toward Tel Aviv with their hostages gathered in the first bus, the terrorists fired on and killed numerous occupants of passing cars as well as some of their own passengers. They also tortured some of their hostages. At a shoot-out with the police at a police barricade, the terrorists shot more of their hostages and then blew up the bus with grenades. As a result of the terrorists’ actions, 22 adults and 12 children were killed, and 63 adults and 14 children were seriously wounded

Ancient history · Criminology · Palestine · Political science · Ransom · Sociology · Tel aviv · Terrorism · History · International Law and Aviation · International Law and Human Rights · Law

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