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The State Immunity Controversy in International Law Private Suits Against Sovereign States in Domestic Courts /
The author shows through a careful analysis of the law that restrictive immunity does not have vox populi in developing countries, and that it lacks usus. He also argues that forum law, i.e. the lex fori is a creature of sovereignty and between equals before the law, only what is understood and ackn...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2005.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2005. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Historical Origins of the Concept of Absolute Immunity of States
- The Development of the Doctrine of Sovereign Immunity: A Claim Against France Before American Courts and its Aftereffects
- The Rights and Immunities of States in Foreign Courts: A Study of Absolute Immunity of States
- The Changing Law of Sovereign Immunity in U.S. and U.K. Courts: A Look at the Restrictive Immunity Rule
- Private Suits Against African Countries in Foreign Courts
- The Practice of African States in the Matter of Jurisdictional Immunities of States: Is it Still Absolute Immunity or Restrictive Immunity
- A Look at the ILC Report on Jurisdictional Immunities of Foreign States and Their Property
- Sovereign States Before Foreign Courts: An Observation on Certain Unsettled or Lingering State Immunity Problems
- State Immunity and the Violation of International Law: Some Recent Developments in the Law of State Immunity
- The Acceptance of the Proposed UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property, A Recent Development
- The Current State of the Law of Sovereign Immunity
- Conclusion: A Modest Proposal for Resolving the Sovereign Immunity Controversy.