Preliminary Material -- The Role of Courts in Foreign Affairs / Royce C. Lamberth -- Policy Options for the Obama Administration: Enforcement Provisions of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act as a Tool Against State Sponsors of Terrorism / Steven R. Perles and Edward B. MacAllister -- Adjudicating Acts of State / Chimène I. Keitner -- Sovereign Immunity and the International Court of Justice: The State System Triumphant / Paul B. Stephan -- Non-State Actors and the Alien Tort Claims Act / Ralph Steinhardt -- Equity, Damages and the Rule of Law / Baher Azmy -- The Act of State Doctrine in Recent “Looted” Art Litigation / Allan Gerson -- Foreign Affairs Takings: The Question of Foreign Plaintiff Standing / Douglas J. Pepe -- The Work of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States / Timothy J. Feighery -- Lawsuits by Foreigners in the U.S. Courts and in the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission / Allan I. Mendelsohn -- International Claims and the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission / David E. Bradley -- The Future of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission Rests with the Modernization of Its Jurisprudence: The Regrettable Results Arising from an Intersection between the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission and the U.S. Insurance Industry, a Case Study / Steven R. Perles and Edward B. MacAllister -- The 2005 Hague Choice of Court Agreements Convention: A Useful Tool for the Transnational Litigator / David P. Stewart.

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Foreign Affairs Litigation in United States Courts collects essays by some of the nation’s top foreign affairs and international law experts to offer discussions on foreign sovereign immunity and the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, human rights litigation, foreign affairs taking actions with the Court of Federal Claims, the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, and the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements. This is an indispensable resource for attorneys and government officials focused on the role of the courts in foreign affairs, actions against foreign governments in United States courts, the Act of State Doctrine, foreign sovereign immunity, the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, foreign affairs takings actions in the Court of Federal Claims, and choice of court in international litigation.

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