Foreign affairs litigation in United States courts / edited by John Norton Moore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moore, John Norton, 1937-

Series:

Sokol colloquium (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers) ; v. 6.

Sokol Colloquium, 1873-6572 ; volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immunities of foreign states--United States.

Immunities of foreign states.

Jurisdiction--United States.

Jurisdiction.

Noncitizens--United States.

Noncitizens.

United States--Foreign relations--Law and legislation.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Foreign Affairs Litigation in United States Courts collects essays by some of the nation’s top foreign affairs and international law experts to offer discussions on foreign sovereign immunity and the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, human rights litigation, foreign affairs taking actions with the Court of Federal Claims, the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, and the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements. This is an indispensable resource for attorneys and government officials focused on the role of the courts in foreign affairs, actions against foreign governments in United States courts, the Act of State Doctrine, foreign sovereign immunity, the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, foreign affairs takings actions in the Court of Federal Claims, and choice of court in international litigation.

Contents:

The role of courts in foreign affairs / Royce C. Lamberth

Policy options for the Obama administration : enforcement provisions of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act as a tool against state sponsors of terrorism / Steven R. Perles and Edward B. MacAllister

Adjudicating acts of state / Chimene I. Keitner

Sovereign immunity and the International Court of Justice : the state system triumphant / Paul B. Stephan

Non-state actors and the Alien Tort Claims Act / Ralph Steinhardt

Equity, damages, and the rule of law / Baher Azmy

The act of state doctrine in recent "looted" art litigation / Allan Gerson

Foreign affairs takings : the question of foreign plaintiff standing / Douglas J. Pepe

The work of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States / Timothy J. Feighery

Lawsuits by foreigners in the U.S. courts and in the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission / Allan I. Mendelsohn

International claims and the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission / David E. Bradley

The future of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission rests with the modernization of its jurisprudence : the regrettable results arising from an intersection between the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission and the U.S. insurance industry : a case study / Steven R. Perles and Edward B. Macallister

The 2005 Hague Choice of Court Agreements Convention : a useful tool for the transnational litigator / David P. Stewart.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-25728-4

OCLC:

858764771

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004257283 DOI