The Federalist Society's Facutly Division hosted this panel on "The Alien Tort Statute, International Law, and the Judiciary" on Friday, January 6, 2012, during the 14th Annual Faculty Conference.
Luncheon Debate: The Alien Tort Statute, International Law, and the Judiciary
Co-sponsored by the American Society of International Law
--Prof. Eugene Kontorovich, Northwestern University School of Law
--Prof. Stephen Vladeck, American University Washington College of Law
--Moderator: Ms. Elizabeth Andersen, Executive Director & Executive Vice President, American Society of International Law
Omni Shoreham
Washington, DC
And then there's the extraterritoriality argument notably marshaled by Judge Kavanaugh in dissent; seems to me the greater of the the two hurdles to surmount for the petitioners (if only because Kontorovich's views are fairly novel).
sklanger 1 month ago
This theory of Hamdan's relevance to ATS litigation and all that stuff about the Define and Punish Clause -- is there a forthcoming amicus brief on it in Kiobel?
sklanger 1 month ago