Jun 25, 2012State Immunity and Human Rights: Heads and Walls, Hearts and MindsThis Article suggests that arguments against the availability of state immunity as a bar to civil actions alleging internationally...
Jun 25, 2012The Political Economy of Jus CogensThis Article examines the basis of an asserted jus cogens exception to sovereign immunity. It demonstrates that the vision of jus cogens...
Jun 25, 2012The International Law of State Immunity and Its Development by National InstitutionsThe proceedings between Germany and Italy currently pending before the International Court of Justice have revived interest in the legal...
Jun 15, 2012Abusing the Authority of the State: Denying Foreign Official Immunity for Egregious Human Rights AbuGovernment officials accused of human rights abuses often claim that they are protected by state immunity because only the state can be...