Jun 25, 2012The Dog that Caught the Car: Observations on the Past, Present, and Future Approaches of theThe Supreme Court’s decision in Samantar v. Yousuf vindicated the position of the State Department’s Office of the Legal Adviser, which...
Jun 25, 2012Foreign Official Immunity After SamantarIn Samantar v. Yousuf, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) does not govern the...
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...
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