Unfortunately, the Issei's efforts to attain agricultural independence were hampered by government restrictions, such as the Alien Land Law of 1913.

不幸的是，Issei 争取农业独立的努力受到政府限制的阻碍，例如1913年的《异乡土地法》。

youdao

The payout could also spark further court battles invoking the same American law, the Alien Tort Claims Act of 1789, originally intended to counter piracy, under which the Shell case was brought.

这些赔偿可能会在法庭判决上更多的引用同一项美国法律，即在1789年制定颁发的外国人侵权索赔法，这项法律原本是用在审判海盗的案件上，现在壳牌案件也应用了这项法律。

youdao

You are to have the same law for the alien and the native-born. I am the Lord your God.

不管是寄居的，是本地人,同归一例.我是耶和华你们的神.

youdao

To invoke alien law when it agrees with one's own thinking and ignore it otherwise is not reasoned decision making, but sophistry.

WSJ: Sotomayor and International Law

The justices must decide whether a law known as the Alien Tort Statute permits US courts to rule on that case.

BBC: US Supreme Court to hear landmark cases

This free-for-all is almost as alien to the better educated, more law-abiding, Sunni citizens of Taiz, the most urbanised region in the north, or Hodeida, its main port, as it is to the southerners.

ECONOMIST: Yemen