The Torture Victim's Protection Act, the Alien Tort Claims Act, and Foucault's Archaeology Of Knowledge

25 Pages Posted: 11 Oct 2007

Abstract

Outilnes the procedural obstacles to Alien Tort Statute Claims and discusses how to surmount them. Relates ATS to Foucaults power-knowledge and power-body discourses.

Keywords: Alien Tort Statut, ATS, ATCA, Foucault, TVPA, Torture Victims' Protection Act

JEL Classification: K13, K33

Suggested Citation

Engle, Eric, The Torture Victim's Protection Act, the Alien Tort Claims Act, and Foucault's Archaeology Of Knowledge. Albany Law Review, Vol. 67, No. 501, 2004, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1020462

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