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Hirsch v. State of Israel and State of Germany

United States of America.  08 April 1997 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

State immunity — Jurisdictional immunity — Presumption that foreign State entitled to immunity unless one of the exceptions to immunity applicable — Waiver — Commercial activity — Non-commercial tort — Alleged violation of jus cogens norm — Action against Germany and Israel regarding alleged violation of treaty obligation to compensate Holocaust survivors — Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976 — The law of the United States

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© Cambridge University Press 1999

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