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Internationat Law Upbate
Editors: Professor John R. Schmertz, Jr., Georgetown University Law Center, and Mike Meier, Esq.
Vol. 11
Table of Contents 2005
2005 CUMULATIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 11, January - December 2005
This is the final Cumulative Table of Contents for the year 2005
(January - December). Please discard the preliminary one you
received with the June 2005 issue.
Where appropriate, the Editors have
updated the citations to include
significant recent developments, for
example, where the U.S. Supreme Court
grants or declines to grant review. --
Items in italics are short articles from
the In Brief section.
ACT OF STATE DOCTRINE
Ninth Circuit finds that district court
violated Act of State Doctrine when it
pursued contempt and discovery proceedings
against bank which had transferred funds to
Philippine government pursuant to judgment
of Philippine Supreme Court. Citation: In re:
Philippine National Bank, 397 F.3d 768 (9th
Cir. 2005). [February - page 18]
ALIEN TORT CLAIMS ACT
In suit by Nigerian citizens against former
dictator, Seventh Circuit rules that Foreign
Sovereign Immunities Act does not apply to
individuals and that Torture Victim
Protection Act pre-empts plaintiffs' reliance
upon Alien Tort Claims Act. Citation:
Enahoro v. Abubakar,408 F.3d 877 (7th Cir.
2005); news report by LaoluAkande Abubakar
floored at U.S. Appeal Court: Judges Say
Human Rights Case Against Ex Ruler Can
Proceed, available at www.africanews.com.
[June - page 82]
AMERICANS WITH
DISABILITIES ACT
In class action by disabled U.S. citizens
against Norwegian Cruise Line, Ltd.,
majority of U.S. Supreme Court narrowly
construes clear statement rule as to
applicability of Americans with Disabilities
Act to foreign ships that regularly ply U.S.
ports so that main principles of Act may
apply subject to its own internal limitations
and exceptions as well as to demands of
international law. Citation: Spector v.
Norwegian Cruise Lines, Ltd., 125 S. Ct. 2169
(US.S.C. 2005). [June - page 83]
ANTI-TERRORISM MEASURES
House of Lords unanimously rules that
statute allowing suspected terrorists who are
foreign nationals to be detained indefinitely
without trial is incompatible with European
Convention On Human Rights as
implemented in U.K. by Human RightsAct of
1998. Citation: A et aL v. Secretary of State for
Home Department, [2004] UK.H.L. 56
(Transcript) (House of Lords, December 16,
2004). [January - page 2]
Ninth Circuit upholds constitutionality of
federal ban on financial support for
organization that U. S. Secretary of State has
designated as terroristic. Citations: United](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.journals/intlwup11&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)
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