Xiaodong Yang

State Immunity in International Law

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Xiaodong Yang examines the issue of jurisdictional immunities of States and their property in foreign domestic courts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 942
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 54mm
• Gewicht: 1488g
• ISBN-13: 9780521844017
• ISBN-10: 0521844010
• Artikelnr.: 35055317

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.