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VI. Foreign Sovereign Immunity and the Act of State Doctrine
A. The Immunity of Foreign States
1. Absolute Immunity
Joseph M. Sweeney, The International Law of Sovereign Immunity
2. Restrictive Immunity
Notes and Questions
Testimony of the Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State on the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976
Notes and Questions
3. The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act: An Overview
Verlinden B. V. v. Central Bank of Nigeria
Notes and Questions
Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping Corp.
Questions
4. Entities Covered by the FSIA
5. Waiver Exception
6. Counterclaim Exception
7. Commercial Activity Exception
House Report No. 94-1487
Saudi Arabia v. Nelson
Notes and Questions
8. Noncommercial Tort Exception
Letelier v. Republic of Chile
Risk v. Halvorsen
Notes and Questions
9. Terrorist Acts
Alejandre v. Republic of Chile
Notes and Questions
10. Immunity From Attachment or Execution
House Report No. 94-1487, Sections 1609-1611
Questions
11. The Current Status of Foreign Sovereign Immunity
Outside the United States
Joseph W. Dellapenna, Suing Foreign Governments and Their Corporations
12. The Legal Status of Embassies and Consulates
Notes and Questions
13. Personal Immunity for Diplomats and Consuls
Notes and Questions
14. Head-of-State Immunity
United States v. Noriega
Notes and Questions
B. The Act of State Doctrine
1. Historical Background
2. The Sabbatino Decision
Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino, Receiver
Notes and Questions
3. Limitations and Exceptions
First National City Bank v. Banco Nacional de Cuba
W.S. Kirkpatrick & Co. v. Environmental Tectonics Corp.
Notes and Questions
4. The Act of State Doctrine in Other States
Oppenheim's International Law
Notes and Questions
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