CHARACTERIZING NATIONALIZATIONS FOR PURPOSES OF THE FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITIES ACT AND THE ACT OF STATE DOCTRINE

This article will review the traditional approach to nationalization and assess the new theories in light of the FSIA [the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976], Alfred Dunhill, Inc. v. Republic of Cuba, 425 U.S. 682 (1976) [Dunhill], and recent case law.

George Kahale