Monday, November 11, 2013

Moore: Foreign Affairs Litigation in United States Courts

John Norton Moore (Univ. of Virginia - Law) has published Foreign Affairs Litigation in United States Courts (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2013). The table of contents is here. Here's the abstract:

Foreign Affairs Litigation in United States Courts collects essays by some of the nation’s top foreign affairs and international law experts to offer discussions on foreign sovereign immunity and the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, human rights litigation, foreign affairs taking actions with the Court of Federal Claims, the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, and the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements.

This is an indispensable resource for attorneys and government officials focused on the role of the courts in foreign affairs, actions against foreign governments in United States courts, the Act of State Doctrine, foreign sovereign immunity, the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, foreign affairs takings actions in the Court of Federal Claims, and choice of court in international litigation.