Tightening the Scope of General Waivers of Sovereign Immunity from Execution

• Autores: Georgia Koutsoukou, N. Askotiris
• Localización: Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale, ISSN 0035-6174, Vol. 50, Nº. 2, 2014, págs. 285-316
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • 1. Introduction. - 2. The NML Dispute Concerning the Attachment in France of Claims Based on the Argentine Public Law. - 3. International Law Instrurnents Containing Provisions on the Waiver of Execution Irnmunity: a) The 1972 European Convention on State Immunity; b) The 2004 UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property. - 4. State Practice on the Delineation oE the Scope of Broadly- Worded Waivers of Immunity from Measures of Constraint: a) The Principie of Ne lmpediatur Legatio and Its Irnpact on the Delineation of the Scope of General Waivers of Irnmunity; b) Submission of the Waiver of Execution Immunity to Certain Restrictions. - 5. Standards of Interpretation of Contractual Waivers of Execution Immunity. - 6. Allocating the Risk of Ambiguity oE Contractual Waivers of Execution Irnmunity. - 7. Economic Irnplications of the Restrictive Interpretation of Contractual Waivers of Irnmunity Incorporated in Sovereign Bonds. - 8. Condusions.