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

The immunity or exemption enjoyed by States from legal proceedings before foreign national courts is a crucial area of international law. On the basis of an exh

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 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

Few topics of international law speak to the imagination as much as international immunities. Questions pertaining to immunity from jurisdiction or execution un