Dolly M. E. Filartiga and Joel Filartiga v. Americo Norberto Pena-Irala

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1980-06-30

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IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge: Upon ratification of the Constitution, the thirteen former colonies were fused into a single nation, one which, in its relations ■with foreign states, is bound both to observe and construe /the accepted norms of international law, formerly known as thé law of nations. Under the Articles of Confederation, the several states had interpreted and ap…

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