TY - BOOK AU - Cooper-Hill,James TI - The law of sovereign immunity and terrorism T2 - Terrorism, Documents of international and local control, SN - 0379215470 (alk. paper) PY - 2006/// CY - [Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.] PB - Oceana Publications KW - Immunities of foreign states KW - Government liability (International law) KW - Victims of terrorism KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - United States KW - Terrorism victims' families N1 - Includes index; History of sovereign immunity in English speaking countries -- The philosophy of the law of sovereignty, by R. Kevin Hall -- The absolute immunity period- -- Pre-1976 exceptions: the erosion of immunity -- The Tate letter and qualified immunity between 1952 and 1976 -- The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 and the Act of State Doctrine, by Bruno A. Ristau -- The issue of due process -- State sovereign immunity -- Collateral international law -- Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Litigation between 1976-1996 -- Anti-Terrorism & Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 -- War and the military -- Compensation of terrorism victims -- Damages calculation -- The aftermath of September 11 -- The future of terrorism litigation : a window closes -- Appendices -- Index UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0606/2005924806.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0723/2005924806-d.html ER -