Volume 6 Contents

Articles
1. Human Rights Litigation Under the ATCA as a Proxy For Environmental Claims by Natalie L. Bridgeman
   
   Suing corporations in U.S. courts for environmental harms abroad may soon be possible under the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA). While several cases have been brought alleging environmental torts under the ATCA, no case has yet yielded corporate liability. Until courts accept environmental principles as part of the "law of nations," and therefore actionable under the ATCA, plaintiffs should use remedies available for human rights claims as proxies for their environmental claims. Because corporate international environmental law violations are frequently linked to human rights abuses, well-established human rights causes of action should be used to usher in the emerging justiciability of environmental claims.
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2. Normativity in International Law: The Case of Unilateral Humanitarian Intervention by Daphné Richemond
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3. Making Access to Pharmaceuticals a Reality: Legal Options Under TRIPS and the Case of Brazil by Zita Lazzarini
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4. Aftershocks: Reflections on the Implications of September 11 by W. Michael Reisman
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   Notes from the Field
5. The Complementary and Conflicting Relationship Between the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission by Abdul Tejan-Cole
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   Notes
6. Staged Cities: Mega-events, Slum Clearance, and Global Capital by Solomon J. Greene
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