Federal Common Law

A Primer on the Act of State Doctrine

The act of state doctrine is a federal common law doctrine providing that courts in the United States will not question the validity of an official act of a recognized foreign government fully performed within its own territory. The doctrine is often applied in cases like Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino (1964) to require…

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Vanderbilt Law School
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George Washington University Law School
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Cornell Law School
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University of North Carolina School of Law
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Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
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University of Cambridge
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Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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University of Hawai'i, William S. Richardson School of Law.
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Cornell Law School
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Bluestone Law
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Vanderbilt Law School
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NYU School of Law
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New York University School of Law
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Emory University School of Law
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UC Davis School of Law
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Beijing Dacheng Law Offices, LLP
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Beijing Dacheng Law Offices, LLP
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