Renée R Taylor; Judith Abelenda; Patricia Bowyer; Susan M. Cahill; John Cooper; Nichola Duffy; Elin Ekbladh; Anette Erikson Studentlitteratur AB (2020) Saatavuus: Tilaustuote Pehmeäkantinen kirja
Oxford University Press Inc Sivumäärä: 350 sivua Asu: Kovakantinen kirja Painos: Hardback Julkaisuvuosi: 2006, 06.04.2006 (lisätietoa) Kieli: Englanti
The war against terrorism has a new front: the courtrooms of America. When his friend became the first hostage held in Baghdad during the Persian Gulf War in 1992, James Cooper-Hill became engaged in litigation against three terrorist nations: Iraq, Libya, and Sudan. Of the three judgements against Iraq that have been paid, two of them are cases where the author represented the plaintiff.
In this path-breaking treatise on the subject, Cooper-Hill takes the reader through the history of sovereign immunity in English-speaking countries and then through the many stages involved when trying to thwart sovereign immunity and obtain damages against terrorist nations. Topics covered include pre-statutory U.S. administrative procedure, pre-1976 statutory exemptions, due process requirements, and collateral international terrorism law.