Child Rights & RemediesFall 2012

Class 24

Review of Class # 23

Legacy Issues

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

The Hague Convention on Abduction

Abbott v. Abbott

The Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption

The Masha Case

U.S. Court Recognition of International Law: 8th Amendment

Roper U.S. (2005)

Graham U.S. (2010)

The Scalia vs. Ginsburg Approach

International Law Influence

Common Law Application

Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain U.S. (2004)

International Law Influence

Alien Torts Act

Abdullahi v.Pfizer

(DC Cir. 2009)