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2 Jun 2010, 2:47 pm by Chimene Keitner
Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. 692 (2004), and others limit the number of cases that will actually go forward. [read post]
3 Feb 2009, 4:23 am
Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. 692, 714-15 (2004), the "law of nations" at that time encompassed three basic spheres:  (1) general norms governing the behavior of nation states with each other, (2) judge-made law regulating the conduct of individuals outside domestic boundaries (such as admiralty law), and (3) rules binding individuals for the benefit of nation states. [read post]
2 Feb 2009, 3:39 am
Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. 692 (2004), requires "vigilant gatekeeping. [read post]
21 Feb 2007, 3:09 am
Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. 692 (2004), that at the time ATS was enacted only three actions were generally recognized as infractions of the law of nations: piracy, offenses against ambassadors, and violations of safe conducts. [read post]