A bill to eliminate the bar of the act of state doctrine to the determination of the merits in certain cases.
International Judicial Protection Act - Prohibits any court in the United States from declining to make a determination on the merits in any case on the ground of the Federal act of state doctrine, if the act of state is contrary to international law. Stipulates that the foreign sovereign compulsion defense remains fully available in U.S. courts.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
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