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United States of America v. Noriega

United States of America.  07 July 1997 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

State immunity — Head of State immunity — Defendant indicted on drug-related charges — Whether defendant entitled to Head of State immunity — Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976 (“FSIA”) — FSIA not addressing foreign sovereign immunity or Head of State immunity in criminal context — Judiciary to look to Executive Branch for guidance — View of Executive Branch on propriety of defendant’s Head of State immunity claim

Treaties — Extradition — Panama — United States of America, Treaty providing for the Extradition of Criminals, 1904 — Whether defendant brought to United States in violation of Treaty — Whether United States affirmatively agreeing not to seize foreign nationals from territory of Panama by reference to express language of Treaty or by established practice thereunder — Whether entitling defendant to reversal of convictions — The law of the United States of America

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Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2002

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