Alien Tort Claims Act

150 Years

Robert Weissman | Posted 07.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Corporate Crime, Bhopal, Alien Tort Claims Act, Exxon, Bernard Madoff, Madoff Victims, Climate Change, Big Tobacco, Exxon Valdez, Business News
Robert Weissman

The 150-year sentence is headline grabbing, but what should surprise us is not that Madoff got such a long sentence, but that other corporate criminals escape with no criminal prosecution at all.

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The Free Market's Marked Men, From The Niger Delta To The Amazon

Amy Goodman | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Niger Delta, Alien Tort Claims Act, Wiwa v. Shell, Lima, World, World News, Environment, Politics News, Oil Spills, Peru, Peruvian Jungle Interethnic Development Association, Shareholders, Corporate Crime, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Amazon, Human Rights, Alberto Pizango, U.S./Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, Chevron, Africa, Royal Dutch Shell, Oil, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Pollution, Shell Oil, Center for Constitutional Rights, Rainforests, Ken Wiwa, Alan Garcia, Ecuador, Oil Companies, Genocide, Green News, Breaking Politics News, Ogoni, Ptpa, Aidesep, World News
Amy Goodman

Ken Saro-Wiwa's family and others just won a landmark settlement in U.S. federal court, ending a 13-year battle with Shell Oil. Alberto Pizango's ordeal is just beginning.

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Bowoto v. Chevron: Approaching the Arguments

Scott Gilmore | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Alien Tort Statute, Multinational Corporations, Oil Industry, Human Rights, Alien Tort Claims Act, Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Shell, Bowoto vs. Chevron, Bowoto v. Chevron, Nigeria, Legal Reasoning, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Dictators, Chevron Human Rights, Big Oil, Politics News
Scott Gilmore

Why do police negotiators generally refuse to pay ransom for hostages? To do so would actually encourage more kidnappings by providing an incentive to would-be kidnappers.

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