Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Preface

Part I Transnational Human Rights Litigation in Context

Chapter 1 Transnational Human Rights Litigation

Chapter 2 The Alien Tort Claims Act

Chapter 3 The Torture Victim Protection Act and Other Jurisdictional Bases

Part II  Jurisdictional Issues

Chapter 4 Customary International Law and Common Law Courts

Chapter 5 Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and Justiciability

Chapter 6 Forum Non Conveniens

Chapter 7 State Immunity

Part III   Synthesis

Chapter 8 A Theory and Assessment of Transnational Human Rights Litigation

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