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  • Direct Effect

    "Direct Effect" Requirement In relation to the international law practice and "Direct Effect" Requirement in this world legal Encyclopedia, please see the following section: Privileges, Immunities About this subject: Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Under this […]

  • Argument

    Clergyman, Discipline, Tribunals, Testimony, Argument From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Clergyman, Discipline, Tribunals, Testimony, Argument (1): What a clergyman says in the administration of the discipline of the church or what is said in tribunals to enforce […]

  • Exception for Suits to Confirm an Arbitral Award

    Exception for Suits to Confirm an Arbitral Award Exception For Suits to Confirm an Arbitral Award in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): …In considering whether a foreign governmental entity is a […]

  • Expropriation Exception

    Expropriation Exception in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): Section 1605(a)(3) of the FSIA provides an exception for immunity in cases of alleged expropriation: in which rights in property taken in […]

  • Expropriation Exception

    Expropriation Exception in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): Section 1605(a)(3) of the FSIA provides an exception for immunity in cases of alleged expropriation: in which rights in property taken in […]

  • Foreign Sovereign Immunities

    Jurisdiction of States Note: This section covers also the Principles of Jurisdiction. Immunities from Jurisdiction The principle of sovereign equality of States requires that the official representatives of one State should not be subject to the jurisdiction of another State. For example, […]

  • Assets of Foreign Central Banks

    Assets of Foreign Central Banks in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On July 5, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided the case, NML Capital Ltd. v. Republic of Argentina, 652 […]

  • Assets of Foreign Central Banks

    Assets of Foreign Central Banks in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On July 5, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided the case, NML Capital Ltd. v. Republic of Argentina, 652 […]

  • Immunity of Diplomatic Accounts

    Immunity of Diplomatic Accounts and Personnel in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Immunity of Diplomatic Accounts and Personnel: As discussed in Section A.2.b., in this world legal Encyclopedia, the United States filed an amicus brief in the Second Circuit […]

  • Immunity of Diplomatic Accounts

    Immunity of Diplomatic Accounts and Personnel in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Immunity of Diplomatic Accounts and Personnel: As discussed in Section A.2.b., in this world legal Encyclopedia, the United States filed an amicus brief in the Second Circuit […]

  • Sovereign Immunity

    Summary of Sovereign Immunity A principle of international law that holds that the territory, property, and official agents of a sovereign state are exempt from seizure, suit, trial, or other submission to the jurisdiction of any other state. Normally a state may not be sued in a foreign […]

  • Sovereign Immunity

    Summary of Sovereign Immunity A principle of international law that holds that the territory, property, and official agents of a sovereign state are exempt from seizure, suit, trial, or other submission to the jurisdiction of any other state. Normally a state may not be sued in a foreign […]

  • Un Immunities

    Plaintiff's Arguments to Limit or Disregard the UN's Immunities Under the General Convention Lack Merit in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): There is no merit to Plaintiff's contention […]

  • Un Immunities

    Plaintiff's Arguments to Limit or Disregard the UN's Immunities Under the General Convention Lack Merit in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): There is no merit to Plaintiff's contention […]

  • Immunity of Diplomatic Personnel

    Immunity of Diplomatic Accounts and Personnel in 2013 Note: this is a continuation of the entry about Immunity of Diplomatic Accounts. United States views on international law [1] in relation to Immunity of Diplomatic Accounts and Personnel: Thus, absent evidence that the accounts were […]