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Tag: FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITIES

  • Direct Effect Requirement

    "Direct Effect" Requirement in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): In December 2011, the United States filed a brief as amicus curiae in the Supreme Court of the United States advocating […]

  • Martinez V Cuba

    Attachment Under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: Martinez v Cuba in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): B. The Assets at Issue Are Not "Blocked Assets" Subject to TRIA. Plaintiff's […]

  • Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

    Summary of Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act An act of Congress passed in 1976 and having effect from January 19, 1977, clarifying the circumstances under which foreign states, their political subdivisions, and state-owned corporations may lose sovereign immunity and become subject to the […]

  • Foreign State

    Definition of "foreign State" in the Fsia in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): Having concluded that the multi-national character of the EC is not a bar to the EC's status as an organ, […]