The State Immunity Controversy in International Law : Private Suits Against Sovereign States in Domestic Courts
This book thoroughly discusses the concept of sovereign immunity in international law and how the problems normally associated with the said subject can be resolved in order to promote justice. In part one, the author shows through a careful analysis of the law that restrictive immunity does not hav...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Język: | Anglais |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Cham : Springer Nature |
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Springer e-books droit et criminologie (Licence nationale) |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • The State Immunity Controversy in International Law, Texte imprimé, 9783662640425 • The State Immunity Controversy in International Law, Texte imprimé, 9783662640449 • The State Immunity Controversy in International Law, Texte imprimé, 9783662640456 |
Spis treści:
- Part I
- A General Perspective on the Historical Development of International Law
- The Origins of Absolute Immunity of States
- The Development of Sovereign Immunity
- The Privileges and Immunities of States
- Restrictive Immunity in U.S. and U.K. Courts
- Private Suits against African States in Foreign Courts
- African States and the Practice of State Immunity
- The ILC Report on Jurisdictional Immunities of States
- State Immunity and Certain Unresolved Problems
- State Immunity and Violation of International Law
- UN Draft Convention on State Immunity
- The Current Law of State Immunity
- New Horizons in the Law of State Immunity
- State Immunity and Vulture Funds
- Concluding Statement of Part I
- Part II
- State Immunity and International Criminal Justice
- Invoking State Immunity before the ICJ, International Tribunals and Foreign Courts
- The ICC and the Immunity Question
- The Normative Hierarchy Theory: Does Jus Cogens Conflict with State Immunity?
- Case Study: Can a Sitting President be Prosecuted by an International Tribunal?
- The Overlap of Immunity Ratione Personae and Immunity Ratione Materiae.