Unshackling Foreign Corporations: Kiobel’s Unexpected Legacy
2013 ◽
Vol 107
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pp. 829-834
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The Supreme Court’s ruling in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. disfavors American corporations. While largely unshackling foreign corporations from the risk of being haled before an American court to answer for human rights abuses abroad, the decision keeps American corporations constrained by human rights law. This inconsistency exists because application of the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), as announced in Kiobel, turns on whether a corporation’s actions “touch and concern” the United States. American corporations are simply far more likely to satisfy that standard than foreign corporations.
2013 ◽
Vol 107
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pp. 858-863
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Vol 85
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pp. 698-702
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