Document Type

Article

Repository Date

1983

Keywords

Frolova v. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino, Act of State Doctrine, International Law of Human Rights, Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, Tortious act or omission of a foreign state, Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, Helsinki Accords of 1975

Subject Categories

Human Rights Law | International Law | Law

Abstract

The Frolova case may provide a substantial basis for continuing a trend away from the unfortunate decision in Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino which may some day be viewed as the Alast gasp@ of the act of state doctrine as an impediment to the realization of the international rule of law.

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