Add to ORKGA 1996 amendment to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) enables American victims of international terrorist acts supported by certain States designated by the State Department as supporters of terrorism — Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, and until recently, Iraq — to bring suit in federal court to seek monetary damages. Holders of judgments against these States, however, have encountered difficulties in their efforts to collect, despite congressional efforts to make blocked (or “frozen”) assets of such States available for attachment by judgment creditors. A recent court decision invalidating plaintiffs’ cause of action under the 1996 law raises uncertainties about the future of lawsuits against terrorist States...
This article argues that the Flatow Amendment does not provide a cause of action against a foreign s...
The Arab-Israeli conflict has been a testing ground for the involvement of U.S. courts in foreign co...
Terrorism is an evil that the United States and other civilized countries should combat aggressively...
A 1996 amendment to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) enables American victims of interna...
This Article focuses on the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act\u27s (FSIA) state-sponsored terrorism e...
This report provides background on the doctrine of State immunity and the Foreign Sovereign Immuniti...
In 2016, family members of victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks sued Iran in the Southern D...
If the aims of tort law are deterrence, compensation, and provision of equitable distribution of ris...
The United States Supreme Court should have expanded § 1610(g) of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities A...
When an American citizen is injured in a terrorist attack on foreign soil, the victim has a limited ...
Contrary to the doctrine of sovereign immunity, a long standing principle of international law and i...
I. Introduction II. Background ... A. The Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act: State Sponsor of Terrorism...
The primary consequence of the attacks on 9/11 on the U.S. was a fundamental legal shift in the appr...
The time has come to extend the national approach that has been used successfully to dismantle the i...
Since 9/11, private litigants have been important players in the “fight” against terrorism. Using se...
This article argues that the Flatow Amendment does not provide a cause of action against a foreign s...
The Arab-Israeli conflict has been a testing ground for the involvement of U.S. courts in foreign co...
Terrorism is an evil that the United States and other civilized countries should combat aggressively...
A 1996 amendment to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) enables American victims of interna...
This Article focuses on the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act\u27s (FSIA) state-sponsored terrorism e...
This report provides background on the doctrine of State immunity and the Foreign Sovereign Immuniti...
In 2016, family members of victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks sued Iran in the Southern D...
If the aims of tort law are deterrence, compensation, and provision of equitable distribution of ris...
The United States Supreme Court should have expanded § 1610(g) of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities A...
When an American citizen is injured in a terrorist attack on foreign soil, the victim has a limited ...
Contrary to the doctrine of sovereign immunity, a long standing principle of international law and i...
I. Introduction II. Background ... A. The Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act: State Sponsor of Terrorism...
The primary consequence of the attacks on 9/11 on the U.S. was a fundamental legal shift in the appr...
The time has come to extend the national approach that has been used successfully to dismantle the i...
Since 9/11, private litigants have been important players in the “fight” against terrorism. Using se...
This article argues that the Flatow Amendment does not provide a cause of action against a foreign s...
The Arab-Israeli conflict has been a testing ground for the involvement of U.S. courts in foreign co...
Terrorism is an evil that the United States and other civilized countries should combat aggressively...