The State Immunity Controversy in International Law
Private Suits Against Sovereign States in Domestic Courts
Samenvatting
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 acknowledged as law among states must be applied in as much as the international legal system is horizontal.
Specificaties
Inhoudsopgave
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.- Conclusion.