Foreign Seizures : Sabbatino and the Act of State Doctrine /

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The United States Supreme Court framed a unique legal doctrine on foreign seizure of American-owned property in the case of Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino in 1963. This ruling has far-reaching implications for international law, American foreign policy, and the role of the Court in both domesti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mooney, Eugene F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Lexington] : University of Kentucky Press, [1967]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Eminent domain (International law)
Act of state.
LAW > International.
Propriete etrangere > Nationalisations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The United States Supreme Court framed a unique legal doctrine on foreign seizure of American-owned property in the case of Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino in 1963. This ruling has far-reaching implications for international law, American foreign policy, and the role of the Court in both domestic and international arenas of power. Disagreeing with the Court's decisions, Eugene F. Mooney undertakes to place the Act of State Doctrine in its proper historical, jurisprudential, and political perspective. Mooney argues forcefully that the dogmatic application of the Act of State Doctrine is ind.
Physical Description:1 online resource (190 pages).
ISBN:9780813163826

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