Debadatta Bose (University of California, Berkeley - School of Law) has posted Can the Subaltern Sue? on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Why do marginalized victims of corporate human rights abuses sue transnational corporations when their chances of winning compensation are almost zero? In cases like Nestlé v. Doe, foreign plaintiffs utilize private law tools like the Alien Tort Statute not necessarily to secure monetary compensation, but to assert themselves as holders of rights.