American Law of Nations

Price: $50.00 150 pages. 1 Hardcover Volume. Index.Published April 2001.
ISBN-13: 978-1-57823-099-0 / ISBN-10: 1-57823-099-3

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Book Overview

Preface

I. The Law of Nations in American Law

1 - The Reception of the Law of Nations
2 – Treaties as Supreme Law
3 – Self-Executing Treaties
4 – Executive Agreements
5 – Customary International Law

II. States, Governments, and Recognition

1 – The State
2 – Governments

III. International Organizations

1 – Establishment
2 – Privileges and Immunities

IV. Treaties

1 – General Principles
2 – Interpretation
3 – Invalidation
4 – Reservations
5 – Treaties and American Nationalism

V. Jurisdiction

1 - Territoriality
2 - Extraterritoriality
      a. Antitrust Cases
      b. Securities Regulation
      c. Other Applications
3 -Jurisdiction to Adjudicate

VI. State Immunity, Acts of State, and Comity

1 – Sovereign Immunity
      a. Waiver
      b. Commercial Activity
      c. Torts
      d. Attachments
      e. Individuals
2 – Acts of State
3 – Comity

VII. Human Rights

1 – Law of the United States
2 – Post-War Conventions
3 – United States Ratifications
4 – Customary Human Rights Law

VIII. International Arbitration

1 - State Arbitration
      a. Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal
      b. ICSID Arbitration
2 - International Commercial Arbitration
      a. Awards
      b. Agreements

IX. International Judicial Interaction

1 – International Service of Process
2 – International Discovery of Evidence
3 – Foreign Judgments
4 – Extradition

X. Foreign Exchange