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Jurisdiction - The Supreme Court Upholds The Constitutionality Of The Jurisdictional Grant Of The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Over A Suit Between An Alien And A Foreign Sovereign In United States District Court, Stephen E. Farish Mar 2015

Jurisdiction - The Supreme Court Upholds The Constitutionality Of The Jurisdictional Grant Of The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Over A Suit Between An Alien And A Foreign Sovereign In United States District Court, Stephen E. Farish

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Territorial Waters - Agreement Providing For The Issuance Of International Licenses For Fishing Tuna In The Eastern Pacific Ocean - An Attempt At Uniformity In An Area Where Conflicting Jurisdictional Claims Have Created Tensions And Conflicts, Gary L. Carter Mar 2015

Territorial Waters - Agreement Providing For The Issuance Of International Licenses For Fishing Tuna In The Eastern Pacific Ocean - An Attempt At Uniformity In An Area Where Conflicting Jurisdictional Claims Have Created Tensions And Conflicts, Gary L. Carter

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Maritime Boundary Dispute Settlement: The Nonemergence Of Guiding Principles, Marvin A. Fentress Mar 2015

Maritime Boundary Dispute Settlement: The Nonemergence Of Guiding Principles, Marvin A. Fentress

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Contemporary Uses Of Force Against Terrorism: The United States Response To Achille Lauro-Questions Of Jurisdiction And Its Exercise, Jeffrey A. Mccredie Jan 2015

Contemporary Uses Of Force Against Terrorism: The United States Response To Achille Lauro-Questions Of Jurisdiction And Its Exercise, Jeffrey A. Mccredie

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


The Three C'S Of Jurisdiction Over Human Rights Claims In U.S. Courts, Chimène I. Keitner Jan 2015

The Three C'S Of Jurisdiction Over Human Rights Claims In U.S. Courts, Chimène I. Keitner

Michigan Law Review First Impressions

The legal aftermath of the Holocaust continues to unfold in U.S. courts. Most recently, the Seventh Circuit dismissed claims against the Hungarian national railway and Hungarian national bank for World War II-era crimes against Hungarian Jews on the grounds that the plaintiffs had not exhausted available local remedies in Hungary or provided a “legally compelling” reason for not doing so. More broadly, heated debates about the role of U.S. courts in enforcing international human rights law have not abated since the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., which restricted but did not eliminate federal …