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45 Va. J. Int'l L. 41 (2004-2005)
Legal Mechanisms of the International Community and the United States concerning State Sponsorship of Terrorism

handle is hein.journals/vajint45 and id is 51 raw text is: Legal Mechanisms of the International Community and the United States Concerning State Sponsorship of Terrorism ALISON ELIZABETH CHASE* TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction ............................................................................... 43 II. U.S. Sponsorship Policy: Dual Instruments ............................... 47 A. The State Department's Dirty Six: The State Sponsors of Terrorism List ................................................ 49 1. The Statutory Framework ............................................ 49 2. The Problem of Opacity .............................................. 55 B. Legal Consequences Attaching to Designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism ................................................ 60 1. The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and the Framework for Foreign Sovereign Immunity .............. 62 2. The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996: Sovereign Immunity Removed for State Sponsors of Terrorism ....................................... 65 C. Trends of Opacity and Dependence in AEDPA D ecisions ............................................................................ 72 1. Flatow v. Islamic Republic of Iran and the Agency Problem ......................................................... 74 2. The Factual Overhang: Judicial Deference to State Department Determinations ............................... 81 3. Unresolved Questions in the AEDPA Terrorism Am endm ents ............................................................... 84 J.D., Yale Law School 2003. I would like to thank Professor W. Michael Reisman for his ongoing supervision of this project. This Article was awarded the 2003 Ambrose Gherini Prize for best paper in the field of international law by Yale Law School.

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