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    Litigation as Lobbying : Reproductive Hazards and Interest Aggregation / by Gonen, Julianna S.

    Published 2003
    Table of Contents: “…Interest groups, litigation, and public policy -- Women in the workforce and the labor movement -- Challenging fetal protection policies in court -- Friends of the court and friends of the plaintiffs -- Friends of the status quo -- Litigating for political change.…”
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    International human rights litigation in U.S. courts

    Published 2008
    Table of Contents: “…The alien tort statute (ATS) : from 1789 to filartiga, sosa, and beyond -- Understanding the alien tort statute (ATS) : the analytic framework -- Plaintiffs, defendants, and violations in alien tort statute (ATS) suits -- The torture victim protection act (TVPA) -- Jurisdiction over states : the foreign sovereign immunities act (FSIA) -- Other grounds for human rights litigation -- Historical paradigms, modern violations -- Treaty violations -- The plaintiff : who can sue? …”
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