Legal Opinion

Tachiona v. Mugabe

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided December 11, 2002No. 00 CIV. 6666(VM)PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DECISION AND ORDER

MARRERO, District Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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I. BACKGROUND.405

II. DISCUSSION.406 A. LIMITATIONS OF CHOICE OF LAW.406

B. EMERGENCE OF FEDERAL COMMON LAW POST-FILARTIGA.418

C. CHOICE OF LAW ANALYSIS AND APPLICATION OF THE

PERTINENT RULES OF DECISION.'.420

1. Torture and Extrajudicial Killing.420

a. Tapfuma Chiminya Tachiona.420

b. David Yendall Stevens.•.421

c. Metthew Pfebve.421

2. Denial of Political Rights.,.423

a. The Restatement of Foreign Relations.426

b. The Civil and Political Rights Covenant.427

c. Recognition by Court and Other Adjudicatory Bodies.430

d. Application to the Case…

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