Supremes let Shell lawsuit proceed

[Ian Murray]

> >27 March 2001
> >
> >America's Supreme Court cleared the way yesterday for the relatives of
the
> >executed Nigerian playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa to allege in court that the
> >multinational oil giant Shell was complicit in his death.
>
>
> This decision clears the way for the US courts becoming defacto world
> courts - which is essentially a bad thing.  Next time we will hear a case
> against Cuba brought by some right wing Florida schmuck.
>
> Wojtek
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Well that's what happens when we have comparative advantage in judicial
infrastructure! We get to pretend to solve the problems corporations and
others create. Welcome to the world of externalities.

Ian