Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Article Title

Immunity from Suit for International Organizations: The Judiciary's New Que of Separating Lawsuit Sheep from Lawsuit Goats

Authors

Ylli Dautaj, Penn State LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Summer 8-1-2020

Publication Citation

27 Indiana J. Global Legal Studies 207 (2020)

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. Immunity from Suit in Public International Law

(A) Sovereign Immunity

(i) Sources of Sovereign Immunity

(ii) Legal Theory on Sovereign Immunity

(iii) Doctrinal Evolution of Sovereign Immunity

(B) Jurisdictional Immunity for International Organizations

(C) Sovereign Immunity and Immunity for International Organizations

Domestically

III. Jam v. Int'l Finance Corporation:

A New Dawn for International Organizations in the United States

(A) Jam v. Int'l Finance Corporation: Majority View

(B) Jam v. Int'l Finance Corporation: Dissenting Opinion by Justice Breyer

IV. The Exception that Proves but does not Swallow the rule on Virtually

Absolute Immunity: Criticism of the Majority in the Jam Opinion

from a Textualist Standpoint

(A) A Conceptual Caveat: Jurisprudential Logic

(i) Models of a Proper Jurisprudential Analysis

(B) Text and Textual Consequences

(C) Precedent and History

(D) Structure

(E) Concluding Remarks on Textualism

V. Implications for the Court and International Organizations:

Criticism of the Majority Opinion from a Purposivist Standpoint

VI. Concluding Remarks

Recommended Citation

Dautaj, Ylli (2020) "Immunity from Suit for International Organizations: The Judiciary's New Que of Separating Lawsuit Sheep from Lawsuit Goats," Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies: Vol. 27: Iss. 2, Article 4.
Available at: https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/ijgls/vol27/iss2/4