The foreign sovereign immunities act : selected analyses and the Samantar V. Yousuf case / Nigel Lathrop, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lathrop, Nigel.

Series:

Laws and Programs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immunities of foreign states--United States.

Immunities of foreign states.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (63 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Practical and legal hurdles, including the difficulty of locating hidden Al Qaeda members and the infeasibility of enforcing judgments in terrorism cases, hinder victims' attempts to establish liability in U.S. courts against, and recover financially from, those they argue are directly responsible for the September 11 terrorist attacks. Instead, victims have sued numerous individuals and entities with only indirect ties to the attacks, including defendants who allegedly provided monetary support to Al Qaeda prior to September 11, 2001. This book summarizes the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

Contents:

""THE FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITIES ACT: SELECTED ANALYSES AND THE SAMANTAR V. YOUSUF CASE""; ""THE FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITIES ACT: SELECTED ANALYSES AND THE SAMANTAR V. YOUSUF CASE""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: IN RE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: DISMISSALS OF CLAIMS AGAINST SAUDI DEFENDANTS UNDER THE FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITIES ACT (FSIA)""; ""SUMMARY""; ""OVERVIEW OF THE FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITIES ACT""; ""JURISDICTION IN CASES AGAINST FOREIGN DEFENDANTS""

""U.S. COURT OF APPEALS DECISION IN IN RE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001""""RECENT DEVELOPMENTS""; ""Chapter 2: SAMANTAR V. YOUSEF: THE FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITIES ACT (FSIA) AND FOREIGN OFFICIALS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITIES ACT""; ""CIRCUIT SPLIT ON FOREIGN OFFICIAL IMMUNITY""; ""SAMANTAR V. YOUSEF""; ""THE FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITIES ACT: POST-SAMANTAR""; ""OPTIONS FOR OFFICIAL IMMUNITY FOLLOWING SAMANTAR""; ""PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE FSIA: THE JUSTICE AGAINST SPONSORS OF TERRORISM ACT""; ""CONCLUSION""

""Chapter 3: DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE CASE OF SAMANTAR V. YOUSUF ET AL.""""CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT""; ""ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Includes index.

"Laws and Programs."

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 9, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63117-310-3

OCLC:

876043928