Ernest K. Bankas

The State Immunity Controversy in International Law

Private Suits Against Sovereign States in Domestic Courts

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-642-06512-5
• Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
• Seitenzahl: 542
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm
• Gewicht: 838g
• ISBN-13: 9783642065125
• ISBN-10: 3642065120
• Artikelnr.: 32072908

Inhaltsangabe

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.- Conclusion.