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。
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.
根据《外国人侵权索赔法案》——该法案允许外国人将涉嫌侵犯国际法的部分带到美国法庭上，此类司法管辖权欺诈在某种程度上是可能的。
Such jurisdictional jiggery-pokery is made possible in part by the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA), which lets foreigners bring alleged violations of international law before American courts.
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