Andrea Kang Wooster | June 18, 2019 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
The U.S. Supreme Court recently cited Restatement of the Law Fourth, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States § 481 and Restatement of the Law Second, Conflict of Laws § 98 in affirming the longstanding dual-sovereignty doctrine, which provides that a crime...
Paul B. Stephan | March 28, 2019 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
AbstractFor most of the past century, those who followed foreign relations law believed that federal law, including that made by the federal courts in the absence of legislation and treaties, should govern the field. Anything else would burden political and economic...
Paul B. Stephan, John Harrison, A.J. Bellia Jr. and Saikrishna Prakash | March 4, 2019 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
At UVA Law’s 31st Sokol Colloquium, A.J. Bellia of Notre Dame Law and Paul Stephan and John Harrison of UVA Law discussed international law and the judiciary in a panel moderated by Saikrishna Prakash, also of UVA Law. During the colloquium, scholars, jurists and...
Pauline Toboulidis | March 1, 2019 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
The U.S. Supreme Court held in Jam v. International Finance Corp., No. 17-1011 (Feb. 27, 2019) that, under the International Organizations Immunities Act of 1945 (IOIA), international organizations are entitled to the “same immunity” from suit that foreign governments...
Ralf Michaels, Austin Parrish, Thomas Lee, Chimène Keitner and Ann Woolhandler | February 27, 2019 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
At UVA Law’s 31st Sokol Colloquium, Ralf Michaels of Duke Law School, Austen Parrish of Indiana University Law School, Thomas Lee of Fordham Law School and Chimène Keitner of UC Hastings Law School discussed the limits on jurisdiction in international law with...
Beth Stephens, David Stewart, Jack Beatson and Kristina Daugirdas | February 14, 2019 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
Watch video from UVA Law’s 31st Sokol Colloquium, where Rutgers law professor Beth Stephens, Georgetown law professor David Stewart and University of Michigan law professor Kristina Daugirdas discussed sovereign immunity with moderator and United Kingdom Court of...
