American Transitional Justice: Writing Cold War History in Human Rights Litigation

Author:   Natalie R. Davidson (Tel-Aviv University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   270
Publication Date:   02 July 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Natalie R. Davidson (Tel-Aviv University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 23.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 15.00cm
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9781108477703


ISBN 10:   1108477704
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   02 July 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction. Revisiting the Gilded Age of transnational human rights litigation in US courts; 2. Alien tort statute litigation in legal practice and the legal imagination; 3. 'Foreign torture, American justice': Filártiga in the United States; 4. Filártiga in Paraguay; 5. Narrating the Marcos regime in US courts; 6. The Marcos case and transitional justice in the Philippines; 7. Conclusion.

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'In this excellent and timely book, Davidson pushes the study of transitional justice away from its familiar focus on criminal proceedings and truth commissions towards a richer reckoning with the full range of legal mechanisms through which a politics of emancipation can be pursued. No less distinctively and originally, Davidson brings into sharp relief how legal actors pursuing rather local goals can nevertheless powerfully advance the larger interests of justice.' Lawrence Douglas, Amherst College, Massachusetts 'Davidson's extensive on-the-ground research sheds new light on the achievements, limitations and perverse ways in which human rights litigation in the U.S. plays out. She brings a critical perspective that is nuanced and sophisticated, drawing from current work in human rights, anthropology, discourse studies as well as law.' Naomi Roht-Arriaza, University of California, Hastings Law 'To what extent has America been held accountable for its conduct abroad during the Cold War? Read this book for an insightful interdisciplinary inquiry into the pursuit of justice through human rights litigation.' Ruti Teitel, Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law, New York Law School


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Natalie Davidson is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at Tel-Aviv University. She has published about Alien Tort Statute litigation, feminist interventions in international law, the prohibition of torture, and interdisciplinary methodology.

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