Ralph G. Steinhardt

Non-State Actors and the Alien Tort Claims Act

Foreign Affairs Litigation in United States Courts is an indispensable resource for attorneys and government officials focused on the role of the courts in foreign affairs, actions against foreign governments in United States courts, the Act of State Doctrine, foreign sovereign immunity, the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, foreign affairs takings actions in the Court of Federal Claims, and choice of court in international litigation.

Modern Law of Self-Determination.@@@Nation Against State. A New Approach to Ethnic Conflicts and the Decline of Sovereignty.@@@Minorities at Risk: A Global View of Ethnopolitical Conflicts.

Foreword. Self-Determination in a Post-Colonial World C. Tomuschat. The Issue of a Right of Secession - Reconsidered D. Murswiek. The Right of Self-Determination and Indigenous Peoples G. Alfredsson. Self-Determination and Indigenous Peoples D. Sanders. A Federal Right of Self-Determination? O. Kimminich. The Democratic or Internal Aspect of Self-Determination with Some Remarks on Federalism P. Thornberry. In Search of Constructive Alternatives to Secession A. Eide. Self-Determination - Absolute Right or Social Poetry? P. Allott. Self-Determination as a Limit to Obligations under International Law J.A. Frowein. Internal Self-Determination A. Rosas. Internal Aspects of the Right to Self-Determination: towards a Democratic Legitimacy Principle? J. Salmon. Annexes: I: UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV). II: UN General Assembly Resolution 1541 (XV). III: UN General Assembly Resolution 2625 (XXV). IV: UN General Assembly Resolution 47/135. V: UN Draft Declaration on Indigenous Peoples. VI: ILO Convention concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries. VII: CSCE Helsinki Final Act. VIII: CSCE Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension. IX: CSCE Charter of Paris for a New Europe. X: EC Declaration on the Guidelines on the Recognition of New States in Eastern Europe and in the Soviet Union. Bibliography.The turmoil in Yugoslavia, the rebellions of the Kurds and Shi???is in Iraq, the ongoing struggle in South Africa???ethnic conflict continues unabated in many areas of the world.To help us understand the persistence of such conflict, this pioneering work analyzes ethnopolitical conflict in every region of the globe. An ambitious and unprecedented effort, it provides a comprehensive survey of 233 politically active communal groups, plus in-depth assessments of ethnic tensions in the western democracies, the former Soviet bloc, the Middle East, and Africa.By identifying these groups and examining their disadvantages and grievances, Minorities at Risk attempts to explain why disadvantaged groups mobilize, and it evaluates strategies that have successfully reduced ethnic conflict in the past, including autonomy, pluralism, and power sharing.This provocative and well-written volume challenges conventional wisdom and raises the discussion about a widespread but little-understood phenomenon to a higher level.