Symposium: After “universality” – Emphasizing territory and nationality in a world of increasingly competitive sovereign powers

Kenneth Anderson is a professor of law at Washington College of Law, American University. A striking feature of Kiobel II, the Supreme Court’s last excursion into the Alien Tort Statute prior to the current Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC case, is how much Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion and Justice Stephen Breyer’s concurrence (substantially … Continue reading Symposium: After “universality” – Emphasizing territory and nationality in a world of increasingly competitive sovereign powers