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Chisholm & Co. and Chisholm v. Bank of Jamaica and Barber

Malaysia.  05 September 1986 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

State immunity — Jurisdictional immunity — Commercial activity exception — Distinction between sovereign and commercial acts — Whether Bank of Jamaica’s activities commercial or governmental in nature — Whether having sufficient jurisdictional nexus with United States — Whether Bank entitled to immunity — Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Act of State doctrine — Relationship between act of State doctrine and commercial activity doctrine — Whether action barred under act of State doctrine — The law of the United States of America

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Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2002

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