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38 Tex. Int'l L.J. 119 (2003)
State Sponsors of Terrorism Is a Question, Not an Answer: The Terrorism Amendment to the FSIA Makes Less Sense Now Than It Did Before 9/11

handle is hein.journals/tilj38 and id is 129 raw text is: State Sponsors of Terrorism Is a Question, Not an Answer: The Terrorism Amendment to the FSIA Makes Less Sense Now Than It Did Before 9/11 KEITH SEALINGt SUMMARY 1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 120 11. A BRIEF HISTORY OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY, THE FSIA AND THE STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM EXCEPTION ....................................... 122 A. Sovereign Immunity, Pre-FSIA ......................................................................... 122 B. The FSIA Pre-Lockerbie .................................................................................... 122 C. Lockerbie, Smith, and the 1996 Amendments ................................................... 123 III. THE CASES INTERPRETING THE AMENDED FSIA ....................................................... 124 A . R e in ................................................................................................................... 12 4 B. Post-Rein FSIA cases ........................................................................................ 125 1. A leja n d re .................................................................................................... 12 5 2 . F la to w ............................................................................... ......... ............. 12 6 3 . C icip p io .......................................................................................... ........... 12 7 4 . A nd erso n .................................................................................................... 12 7 5 . D a lib erti ..................................................................................................... 12 8 6 . P rice ........................................................................................................... 13 0 7 . E la h i ..................................................................................................... : .... 13 1 8 . S u th erla n d ..................................................... ............................................ 13 1 9 . H ig g ins ....................................................................................................... 13 1 10 . E isenfeld ............................................................ 4 ........................................ 13 1 11. Jenco ............................................................................................. 132 12 . S im p so n ......................................................................................... ............ 132 13 . W ag n er ....................................................................................................... 13 3 14 . W einstein .................................................................................................... 13 3 IV. THE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ................................................................................. 134 A. What is a State? ...... ............. ....................... 134 B. Who is a Sponsor? ....................................................................................... 134 C. What is Terrorism? ....................................... 134 D. How Does a State Cease to be a State Sponsor of Terrorism? ......................... 135 E. Must the Terrorism Supported by the State Sponsors be Directed Against the United States? ................................................................................ 135 f Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Syracuse University College of Law. J.D., 1985, Temple University School of Law; B.S., 1982, University of Northern Colorado. Special thanks to Tracy Bemson for her able research assistance. I would like to note that Syracuse University lost thirty alumni as a result of the September II attacks. Syracuse lost thirty-five students in the Pan Am Flight 103 crash.

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