Treaties are being invoked increasingly in the courts, both in cases connected to the" war on
terror"'and in cases that would not otherwise be regarded as particularly international in …

This Article analyzes the Supreme Court's 2004 decision in Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain against
the backdrop of the post-Erie federal common law. The Article shows that, contrary to the …

Ever since the Supreme Court's 1829 decision in Foster v. Neilson, it has been settled that
some treaties ratified by the United States are “non-self-executing” and thus are not …

KHULUMANI v. BARCLAY NAT. BANK LTD. 504 F.3d 254 (2007) Sakwe Balintulo
KHULUMANI, as personal representative of Saba Balintulo, Fanekaya Dabula, as personal …

International Law in the US Legal System provides a wide-ranging overview of how
international law intersects with the domestic legal system of the United States, and points …

F EDERAL common law causes of action-actions created neither by Congress nor by state
law-have long generated debate among judges and scholars. In Erie Railroad Co. v …

ABSTRACT The Alien Tort Statute (ATS), enacted in 1789 as part of the first Judiciary Act,
provides that"[the district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien …

SAREI v. RIO TINTO, PLC 550 F.3d 822 (2008) Alexis Holyweek SAREI; Paul E. Nerau;
Thomas Tamausi; Phillip Miriori; Gregory Kopa; Methodius Nesiko; Aloysius Moses; Rapheal …

Pursuant to Article II of the Constitution, the President has the power to make treaties with
the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate, and these treaties uncontroversially …

Much of the scholarly attention given to the US Supreme Court's March 2008 decision in
Medellín v. Texas has focused on the Court's supposed ruling as to the presumptive nonself …