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Book Review: Andrew Dickinson and Alexander Thompson, The State Immunity Act 1978 (OUP, 2025)

This review concentrates principally on the private international law dimensions of Andrew Dickinson and Alexander Thompson's The State Immunity Act 1978. Although state immunity is fundamentally a subject of public international law, the legislation operates at the point where public and private international law intersect.

Book Review: Andrew Dickinson and Alexander Thompson, The State Immunity Act 1978 (OUP, 2025)

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This review concentrates principally on the private international law dimensions of Andrew Dickinson and Alexander Thompson's The State Immunity Act 1978.

Although state immunity is fundamentally a subject of public international law, the legislation operates at the point where public and private international law intersect.

It determines whether the English courts may adjudicate disputes involving […]

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This review concentrates principally on the private international law dimensions of Andrew Dickinson and Alexander Thompson's The State Immunity Act 1978. Although state immunity is fundamentally a subject of public international law, the legislation operates at the point where public and private international law intersect. It determines whether the English courts may adjudicate disputes involving […]

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