美国《外国人侵权法令》与跨国公司侵犯人权案介评

自1993年至今，美国律师依据1789年《美国司法制度条例》的《外国人侵权法令》提起了36个跨国公司侵犯人权案。尽管这些案件大部分被美国法院驳回，但是在国际社会对跨国公司的监督和管制缺失的情况下，“外国人侵权法令”仍被人权组织、学者或律师以及人权受害者视为监管跨国公司一个突破口。通过对依据“外国人侵权法令”所提起的数十起跨国公司案件的分析，可以看出美国司法界对目前滥用“外国人侵权法令”予以限制的趋势。通过对《外国人侵权法令》的介评，可以了解目前在美国炙手可热的法律和热点话题。

Comment on American Alien Tort Statute and MNC's Human Right Infringement

Since 1993,American lawyers have brought 36 cases against MNC human rights infringement into litigation based on Alien Tort Law of 1789 America Judiciary Act.Although most of the case were dissolved by U.S.courts,Alien Tort Law was still regarded as a breakthrough to regulating and supervising MNC by human right organizations,scholars,lawyers and victims of human right abuse in the absence of international regulation and surveillance.By focusing on Alien Tort Law,we can sense that American Judiciary field w...