The State Immunity Act 1978
$593.53
- Hardcover
480 pages
- Release Date
12 January 2026
Summary
Decoding State Immunity: A Commentary on the 1978 Act
More than 45 years after its adoption, the State Immunity Act 1978 remains the principal source of rules as to the immunities and privileges of foreign States and related persons before the courts of the United Kingdom. Although the legislative text has changed relatively little in that period, the ever-growing body of case law in the UK courts has more clearly defined its contours and limitations and clarified its relationship w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192855350 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0192855352 |
| Author: | Andrew Dickinson, Alexander Thompson |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 12 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 246mm x 171mm |
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About The Author
Andrew Dickinson
Andrew Dickinson is Professor of the Conflict of Laws and a Fellow and Senior Tutor of St Catherine’s College at the University of Oxford. He is an Honorary Senior Fellow at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, and a long-standing member of the UK Ministry of Justice’s Advisory Committee on Private International Law (Mance Committee). Andrew is also one of the specialist editors of Dicey, Morris and Collins, The Conflict of Laws (16th edition, Sweet & Maxwell, 2022) with responsibility for chapters on the law applicable to contractual and non-contractual obligations.
Alexander Thompson is a barrister at Twenty Essex in London. He has an international and commercial law practice with particular specialisms in public international law, arbitration, and the conflict of laws. Alexander appears in arbitration and court proceedings in England and worldwide for and against governments, State-entities, international organisations, corporate clients, and individuals.
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