The field of international human rights has been one of the most prominent and dynamic areas of public international law in recent decades. At the same time the

Xiaodong Yang examines the issue of jurisdictional immunities of States and their property in foreign domestic courts.

The doctrine of state immunity bars a national court from adjudicating or enforcing claims against foreign states. This doctrine, the foundation for high-profil

The Oxford ILDC online database, an online collection of domestic court decisions which apply international law, has been providing scholars with insights for m

The author shows through a careful analysis of the law that restrictive immunity does not have vox populi in developing countries, and that it lacks usus. He al