USA Law

Tag: Jurisdiction over Foreign Courts

  • Immunity

    Immunity in the United States A means of securing testimony in a judicial or legislative proceeding by satisfying the privilege against self-incrimination. Immunity prevents a person from involuntarily becoming a witness against himself or herself. The government can compel a person to […]

  • Immunity

    Immunity in the United States A means of securing testimony in a judicial or legislative proceeding by satisfying the privilege against self-incrimination. Immunity prevents a person from involuntarily becoming a witness against himself or herself. The government can compel a person to […]

  • Sovereign Immunity

    Sovereign Immunity in United States Sovereign Immunity Definition Governmental Immunity in this legal Encyclopedia Sovereign Immunity definition in the Law Dictionary Sovereign Immunity in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias Link Description Sovereign Immunity, Sovereign […]

  • Sovereign Immunity

    Sovereign Immunity in United States Sovereign Immunity Definition Governmental Immunity in this legal Encyclopedia Sovereign Immunity definition in the Law Dictionary Sovereign Immunity in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias Link Description Sovereign Immunity, Sovereign […]

  • Expropriation

    Expropriation in United States Expropriation Definition Compulsorily depriving a person of a right of property belonging to him in return for a compensation. The term has been introduced from its use in foreign countries to denote a compulsory purchase of land, etc., for the purposes of a […]

  • Expropriation

    Expropriation in United States Expropriation Definition Compulsorily depriving a person of a right of property belonging to him in return for a compensation. The term has been introduced from its use in foreign countries to denote a compulsory purchase of land, etc., for the purposes of a […]

  • Terrorism

    Terrorism in the United States Terrorism Definition It means the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion. The U.S. Army definition is as follows: the calculated use of violence or the threat of violence to attain political or religious ideological goals through […]

  • Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

    Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in the Context of Federal Question Jurisdiction Sovereign Immunity and Judicial Jurisdiction Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in International Civil Litigation Analysis of the Sovereign Immunity […]

  • Commercial Activity

    Commercial Activity in the United States Commercial Activity in the Context of Foreign Sovereign Immunities Legislation The phrase “commercial activity” refers to “the character of the foreign state’s exercise of power rather than its effects” (Rong v. Liaoning Provincial Gov’t, 452 F.3d […]

  • Foreign State Agencies

    Foreign State Agencies in the United States Foreign State Agencies in the Context of Foreign Sovereign Immunities Legislation Agencies and Instrumentalities of Foreign States in International Civil Litigation Analysis of the Agencies and Instrumentalities of Foreign States in relation with the […]

  • Political Subdivisions

    Political Subdivisions in the United States Political Subdivisions in the Context of Foreign Sovereign Immunities Legislation Foreign State Political Subdivisions in International Civil Litigation Analysis of the Foreign State Political Subdivisions in relation with the Foreign Sovereign […]

  • Foreign Sovereign Immunity

    Foreign Sovereign Immunity in the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunity in the Context of International Disputes Foreign Sovereign Immunity and Jurisdiction of U.S. Courts over Foreign States in International Civil Litigation Analysis of the Foreign Sovereign Immunity and Jurisdiction of […]

  • Judicial Jurisdiction Over Foreign States

    Judicial Jurisdiction Over Foreign States in the United States Judicial Jurisdiction Over Foreign States in the Context of Foreign Sovereign Immunities Legislation Bases for Judicial Jurisdiction Over Foreign States under the FSIA in International Civil Litigation Analysis of the Bases for […]

  • International Torts

    International Torts in the United States International Torts in the Context of International Torts Contemporary Approaches to Choice of Law Applicable to Torts in International Civil Litigation Analysis of the Contemporary Approaches to Choice of Law Applicable to Torts in relation with the […]

  • Waiver of Sovereign Immunity

    Waiver of Sovereign Immunity in the United States Waiver of Sovereign Immunity in the Context of Foreign Sovereign Immunities Legislation Waiver of Sovereign Immunity in International Civil Litigation Analysis of the Waiver of Sovereign Immunity, VERLINDEN BV v. CENTRAL BANK FO NIGERIA CARGILL […]