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17 Jul 2012, 6:50 am by Tobias Thienel
This doctrine holds,in the broadest outline, that English (like U.S.) courts 'will not sit in judgment on the acts of the government of another done within its own territory' (Underhill v Hernandez, 168 U.S. 250, 252 (1897)) or 'will not adjudicate upon the transactions of foreign sovereign states' (Buttes Gas Oil Co v Hammer (No 3) [1982] AC 888, 931G). [read post]