American International Law Cases, Fourth Series

2012
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-19-937772-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 4200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 260 mm x 184 mm, Gewicht: 9078 g

American International Law Cases is an annual case law reporter that provides the full text of U.S. court opinions involving international law issues. The courts covered include all U.S. federal district courts and bankruptcy courts, federal appellate courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as the U.S. Court of International Trade, other federal specialty courts, and state courts that have decided notable cases. The 2012 edition includes cases of particular significance covering topics such as the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), habeas corpus, the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA), the Convention Against Torture, designation of entities as foreign terrorist organizations, material support for terrorism as a war crime, international arbitration, treaty interpretation, constitutionality of U.S. treaty implementation legislation, head of state immunity, the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, cross-border insolvency, deportation of undocumented immigrants, and both the act of state doctrine and the political question doctrine.

Each edition of AILC also includes an introductory note that reviews the major developments in international law for the given year and explains to readers how to use the volumes, and a subject index to allow for targeted research. The 2012 edition contains 10 volumes with over 200 cases.

Included in the 2012 edition are the following key cases:

* Holder v. Martinez Gutierrez (S. Ct.)
* Kawashima v. Holder (S. Ct.)
* Vartelas v. Holder (S. Ct.)
* Arizona v. United States (S. Ct.)
* Golan v. Holder (S. Ct.)
* Mohamad v. Palestinian Authority (S. Ct.)
* Zivotofsky ex rel. Zivotofsky v. Clinton (S. Ct.)
* Hamdan v. United States (D.C. Cir.)
* In re People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (D.C. Cir.)
* Obaydullah v. Obama (D.C. Cir.)
* Republic of Argentina v. BG Group PLC (D.C. Cir.)
* Konowaloff v. Metropolitan Museum of Art (2d Cir.)
* Lozano v. Alvarez (2d Cir.)
* United States v. Bond (3d Cir.)
* Al Shimari v. CACI Int'l, Inc. (4th Cir.)
* ESAB Group, Inc. v. Zurich Insurance PLC (4th Cir.)
* Yousuf v. Samantar (4th Cir.)
* Larbie v. Larbie (5th Cir.)
* Trinidad y Garcia v. Thomas (9th Cir.)
* Meza v. U.S. Att'y Gen (11th Cir.)

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Strafrecht, Internationales Verfahrensrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- I. INTERNATIONAL LAW IN GENERAL

- 1. C.I.L. (Customary International Law)

- 2. The Charming Betsy Principle

- 3. Jus Cogens

- 4. The Foreign Commerce Clause

- 5. The Protective Principle

- II. TERRITORIES, TRUSTEESHIPS, BOUNDARIES and NAVIGABLE WATERS

- 2. Navigable Waters and Vessels

- A. Marine Torts and Crimes

- B. Death on the High Seas by Wrongful Act

- C. Marine Boundaries and Vessel Identification and Certification

- D. Cargo, Salvaging, and Other Property-Based Marine Disputes

- III. PROCEDURE

- 1. Jurisdiction

- A. In Personam, over Persons and Corporations

- B. Extraterritoriality

- C. Forum Selection Clauses

- D. Removal and Remand

- E. Subject Matter

- F. In Rem

- 2. Forum Non Conveniens

- 3. Choice of Law/Conflict of Laws

- 4. Discovery

- 5. Court of International Trade

- 6. Foreign Proceedings

- A. Judgment Enforcement and Arbitration

- B. Parallel Proceedings

- C. Discovery

- E. Letters Rogatory

- 7. Service of Process

- 8. Exceptions and Limitations

- A. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

- i. FSIA in General

- ii. Terrorism Exception

- iii. National Defense Authorization Act

- iv. Commercial Exception

- B. Act of State Doctrine

- C. U.S. Sovereign Immunity

- D. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

- E. Alien Tort Statute (ATS) / Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA)

- F. Political Question Doctrine

- G. Federal Tort Claims Act

- H. Foreign Affairs Doctrine

- I. Statutes of Limitation/Time-Barred Claims

- J. The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations

- K. Comity

- L. Foreign Sovereign Compulsion Defense

- 9. Class Actions

- 10. Head of State Immunity

- 11. Exhaustion of Remedies

- 12. Venue

- 13. Subpoenas

- IV. DIPLOMACY and DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY

- V. TREATIES and AGREEMENTS

- 1. Conclusion and Operation: When in Force

- 2. Interpretation

- 3. Multilateral Conventions

- A. The Hague Convention on Civil Remedies

- B. The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Int'l Child Abduction

- C. The Geneva Conventions

- D. The Montreal Protocol

- E. United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

- 4. Bilateral Tax Treaties

- VI. ALIENS

- 1. Status and Rights

- A. Status Determination Procedure

- B. Due Process Rights

- 2. Deportation

- A. Procedure

- B. Asylum

- C. Fraud

- D. Criminal Activities

- E. Visas

- F. Seasonal Agricultural Workers

- G. Extreme Hardship

- H. Temporary Residence

- I. Detention

- J. Persecution

- K. Credibility Determinations

- L. National Security Exception

- 3. Extradition

- 4. Aiding and Transporting Illegal Aliens

- 5. Habeas Corpus

- 6. Eminent Domain

- 7. Convention Against Torture

- 8. Illegal Entry

- 9. Discrimination

- 10. Border Entry

- VII. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

- 1. U.N.

- 2. International Courts

- A. ICJ

- B. ICC

- VIII. WAR, BELLIGERENCY and NEUTRALITY

- 1. In General

- 2. War Crimes

- 3. Terrorism

- A. Terrorism in General

- B. The Patriot Act

- C. Financial Support

- D. Detention, Investigation, and Prosecution of Suspected Terrorists

- 4. Trading with the Enemy

- 5. War Powers and National Security

- 6. War Damages

- 7. Torture

- A. Torture Victim Protection Act

- B. Convention Against Torture

- C. Basis for Procedural Relief

- 8. Crimes against Humanity

- 9. State Secrets

- 10. Genocide

- 11. Foreign Relations and Executive Power

- 12. Qualified Immunity for U.S. Government Employees

- IX. INTERNATIONAL TRADE

- 1. Regulations

- A. Customs, Duties, and Tariffs/NAFTA and GATT

- B. Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties

- C. Trademarks, Copyrights, Patents

- D. Procedure

- E. International Trade in General

- 2. Business and Finance

- A. Business and Finance in General

- B. Banking and Bankruptcy

- C. Taxation

- D. International Securities and Commodities

- E. White Collar Crime

- F. Agency, Employment, and Labor

- G. Sanctions, Attachment, and Seizure of Gov't and Private Assets

- H. Travel Bans

- I. IEEPA

- J. Property Disputes

- K. Contracts

- L. Corporate Torts

- M. Corporate Criminal Acts and Liability

- 3. Transportation Carriers

- A. Shipping

- i. Shipping in General

- ii. Labor

- iii. Carriage of Goods by Sea Act

- B. Montreal Convention

- C. Commercial Air Transport

- X. CUSTOMS

- 1. Customs in General

- 2. Currency Smuggling

- 3. Illegal Drug Importation and Interdiction

- A. In General

- B. Importation Conspiracy

- C. Interdiction on the Seas and Borders

- XI. ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

- 1. Fishing Regulation and Protection

- 2. Marine Mammal Protection

- 3. Endangered Species Protection

- 4. Hazardous Waste and Nuclear Material: Transportation and Destruction

- 5. Environmental Tort

- 6. Water Transfer

- 7. Criminal Acts

- 8. Regulatory Violations

- 9. Montreal Protocol

- XII. INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS

- XIII. HUMAN RIGHTS

- 1. Death Penalty

- 2. ICCPR

- 3. UDHR

- 4. Religious Freedom

- 5. Human Trafficking and Forced Labor

- 6. Human Rights Generally

- XIV. CRIMINAL LAW

- 1. Money Laundering

- 2. Asset Forfeiture

- 3. Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA)

- 4. Procedure

- 5. Passport Fraud

- 6. Kidnapping

- 7. Extradition

- 8. Border Searches

- 9. Sex Trade

- 10. Weapons

- XV. ARBITRATION

- 1. Arbitration in General

- 2. The New York Convention

- XVI. FAMILY LAW

- 1. Marital Relations

- 2. Child Custody