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mk · 4947 days ago · link · · parent · post: Exxon Mobil to Face Indonesia Human Rights Claims, U.S. Appeals Court Says
>Well, that can't be entirely true right? What if there were a lawsuit about contract interpretation? Certainly it would make sense to use the other country's rules on this and not those in the U.S. That's part of the reason that the Alien Tort Statute is limited to things that are violations of international law i.e. a body of law that, in theory anyway, applies around the world.
It's a good point. Different locals will have different laws, and often for good reason. However, does the US have a set of basic rights that alien workers hired by US corporations have? If not, what is it about a US corporation that makes it a US corporation? -especially one that does most of its manufacturing overseas?