Abstract
Transnational human rights litigation has succeeded at a steady pace since the Second Circuit's 1980 decision, Filartiga v. Pena-Irala.' In Filartiga, the court construed an eighteenth century statute - the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) - as granting both a cause of action and jurisdiction to two Paraguayan citizens
Recommended Citation
Goodman, Ryan
(1998)
"Congressional Support For Customary International Human Rights As Federal Common Law: Lessons Of The Torture Victim Protection Act,"
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law: Vol. 4:
Iss.
2, Article 17.
Available at:
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/ilsajournal/vol4/iss2/17
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