Suits Against Terrorist States by Victims of Terrorism

ISBN-13: 9781606928356 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 114 str.

Beatrice V Mohoney

Opis

Congress amended the 1996 Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) to allow US victims of terrorism to sue designated State sponsors of terrorism for their terrorist acts. This book provides background on the doctrine of State immunity and the FSIA. It details the evolution of terrorist State exception and some of the resulting judicial decisions.