State Immunity in International Law

Informationen zum Autor Xiaodong Yang was a lecturer in law at the University of Aberdeen when he wrote this book. He now works as a legal officer for the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization in Vienna. Klappentext Xiaodong Yang examines the issue of jurisdictional immunities of States and their property in foreign domestic courts. Zusammenfassung Xiaodong Yang examines the cases in which a State can be sued in a foreign domestic court for commercial transactions and other trading activities! employment and labour disputes! personal injuries and damage to property! confiscation of private property and violations of human rights. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The history of state immunity; 2. General principles; 3. Commercial activity; 4. Contracts of employment; 5. Non-commercial torts; 6. Separate entities; 7. Expropriation; 8. Waiver of immunity; 9. Measures of constraint; 10. State immunity and human rights violations; 11. The genesis of the UN convention; General conclusions.

Product details

• Authors: Xiadong Yang, Xiaodong Yang
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.09.2012
• EAN: 9780521844017
• ISBN: 978-0-521-84401-7
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 235 mm x 52 mm
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Internati
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law