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Abstract
The legal aftermath of the Holocaust continues to unfold in U.S. courts. Most recently, the Seventh Circuit dismissed claims against the Hungarian national railway and Hungarian national bank for World War II-era crimes against Hungarian Jews on the grounds that the plaintiffs had not exhausted available local remedies in Hungary or provided a “legally compelling” reason for not doing so. More broadly, heated debates about the role of U.S. courts in enforcing international human rights law have not abated since the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., which restricted but did not eliminate federal jurisdiction over violations of certain well-established rules of international law.
Recommended Citation
Chimène I. Keitner,
The Three C's of Jurisdiction Over Human Rights Claims in U.S. Courts,
113
Mich. L. Rev. First Impressions
67
(2015).
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