Aliens Among Us: Factors to Determine Whether Corporations Should Face Prosecution in U.S. Courts for their Actions Overseas

Authors

Dustin Cooper

Keywords

Liability (Law), Exterritoriality, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. (Supreme Court case)

Abstract

The article examines the unresolved issue of corporate liability under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) by exploring the holdings of seminal cases with the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. on presumption against extraterritorial application.

Repository Citation

Dustin Cooper, Aliens Among Us: Factors to Determine Whether Corporations Should Face Prosecution in U.S. Courts for their Actions Overseas, 77 La. L. Rev. (2016)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/lalrev/vol77/iss2/11