On March 2, 2012, the University of California, Irvine School of Law will host a symposium on "Human Rights Litigation in State Courts and Under State Law." The program is here. Here's the idea:The practice and study of human rights litigation in the United States has generally focused on federal courts and federal law. Practitioners and scholars have devoted comparatively little attention to human rights litigation in state courts and under state law. Yet this approach to human rights litigation raises important and difficult questions about federalism, foreign relations, jurisdiction, choice of law, extraterritoriality and litigation strategy that have yet to be systematically explored.
This symposium will bring together leading practitioners and scholars with the goal of improving understanding of the challenging issues raised by human rights litigation in state courts and under state law.
