Abstract
In March, Federal District Court Judge Jack B. Weinstein dismissed war crime and other international law claims asserted by Vietnamese nationals against American chemical companies that were based on the defendants' sale to the U.S. government of herbicides used during the Vietnam War (Vietnam Ass'n for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin v. Dow Chemical Co.).' The decision squarely deals with the liability of private contractors that supply war materiel to governments and is one of the first to consider the applicability of the government contractor defense to international law claims brought under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS).
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | American Society of International Law Proceedings |
| Editors | Laurence R. Helfer, Rae Lindsay |
| Publisher | American Society of International Law |
| Pages | 380-386 |
| Volume | 99 |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
| Event | Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law Proceedings 2005 - Washington, United States Duration: 30 Mar 2005 → 2 Apr 2005 http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/asilp99&collection=journals&id=1 |
Conference
| Conference | Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law Proceedings 2005 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| Period | 30/03/05 → 2/04/05 |
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