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Torture as Tort: Comparative Perspectives on the Development of Transnational Human Rights Litigation. Edited by Craig Scott. Oxford, Portland OR: Hart Publishing, 2001. Pp. xliii, 724. Index. $95, £65.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Detlev F. Vagts
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 95 , Issue 4 , October 2001 , pp. 1002 - 1003
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2001

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References

1 28 U.S.C. §1350 (1994).

2 28 U.S.C. §1350 note (1994).

3 This foreign origin explains why the Bluebook niceties of American citation practice did not fare well in the volume under review.

4 See Burnham v. Superior Court, 495 U.S. 604 (1990).

5 Brussels Convention on Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, Sept. 27, 1968, as amended, 1990 O. J. (C 189) 1.

6 Lugano Convention on Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, Sept. 16, 1988, 1988 O.J. (L 319) 9.

7 Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Dec. 10, 1984, 1465 UNTS 85.

8 Filartiga v. Pena–Irala, 630 F.2d 876 (2d Cir. 1980).

9 See Henry, J. Kissinger, The Pitfalls of Universal Jurisdiction, Foreign Aff., July/Aug. 2001, at 86 Google Scholar.

10 Anne-Marie, Slaughter & David, Bosco, Plaintiff’s Diplomacy, Foreign Aff., Sept./Oct. 2000, at 102 Google Scholar; Curtis, A. Bradley & Jack, L. Goldsmith III, The Current Illegitimacy of International Human Rights Litigation, 66 Fordhaml. Rev. 319 (1997)Google Scholar.