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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics v. ICC Handel Maatschappij

The Netherlands.  10 September 1981 ; 19 March 1987 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

State immunity — Jurisdictional immunity — Commercial activity — Agreement for carriage of goods by sea — Whether State entitled to immunity in action under bill of lading — Netherlands-USSR Agreement on Merchant Shipping, 1969, Article 16 — Effect of Agreement on right of USSR to assert immunity

State responsibility — For debts — State corporations — Whether endowed with independent legal personality — Whether Soviet Union liable for debt incurred by State shipping organization — Proof of independence of such organizations under Soviet law

Economics, trade and finance — State corporations — Legal status — Whether State liable for debts contracted by corporation with independent legal personality — The law of the Netherlands

Type
Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1992

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