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Informationen zum Autor Andrew Dickinson is Professor of the Conflict of Laws and a Fellow and Senior Tutor of St Catherine's College at the University of Oxford. He is an Honorary Senior Fellow at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, and a long-standing member of the UK Ministry of Justice's Advisory Committee on Private International Law (Mance Committee). Andrew is also one of the specialist editors of Dicey, Morris and Collins, The Conflict of Laws (16th edition, Sweet & Maxwell, 2022) with responsibility for chapters on the law applicable to contractual and non-contractual obligations. Alexander Thompson is a barrister at Twenty Essex in London. He has an international and commercial law practice with particular specialisms in public international law, arbitration, and the conflict of laws. Alexander appears in arbitration and court proceedings in England and worldwide for and against governments, State-entities, international organisations, corporate clients, and individuals. Klappentext The immunity of foreign states is a key issue in many cases before UK courts, and UK law on this topic has been influential in developing international law. This work provides a comprehensive commentary on the provisions, interpretation, and application of the State Immunity Act 1978 and the surrounding legal framework in the United Kingdom. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction and Legislative History 2: The Surrounding Legal Framework 3: Structure of the 1978 Act 4: Immunity from Jurisdiction 5: Submission to Jurisdiction 6: Commercial Transactions and Related Obligations 7: Contracts of Employment 8: Personal Injury and Damage to Property 9: Ownership, Possession, and Use of Property 10: Intellectual and Industrial Property 11: Companies and Other Collective Bodies 12: Arbitration 13: Admiralty Proceedings 14: Taxation Matters 15: Service of Process and Judgments in Default 16: Enforcement Jurisdiction 17: The State, Separate Entities, Central Banks, and Constituent Territories 18: Power to Amend Part I 19: Savings and Excluded Matters 20: Interpretation (Part I of the 1978 Act) 21: Foreign Judgments 22: Heads of State and Related Persons 23: Facts of State and Executive Certificates 24: Interpretation (General) 25: Final Provisions ...
