| Description |
1 online resource (298 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Imprints page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Court and Litigation Documents -- Table of International and Regional Legal Instruments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Never Go to Jail? -- I.1 Problem Statement -- I.2 Intellectual Origins of Research on Elite Deviance -- I.3 Transnational Crime -- I.4 Criminally Exploitable Elements of Foreign Official Immunity -- I.5 Research Objectives -- I.6 Outline of the Argument -- I.7 Methodology -- I.8 Structure of the Book |
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1 The Immunities of Public Officials under International Law -- Introduction -- 1.1 Conceptual, Doctrinal, and Theoretical Foundations of International Immunities -- 1.1.1 Immunity from Jurisdiction versus Jurisdiction -- 1.1.2 Sovereign Equality, Dignity, and Independence of States -- 1.1.3 International Comity and Reciprocity -- 1.1.4 Theories of Foreign Official Immunity -- 1.1.5 The Act of State Doctrine -- 1.2 Types of Foreign Official Immunities -- 1.2.1 Personal Immunity (Immunity Ratione Personae) -- 1.2.1.1 Subjective Scope -- 1.2.1.2 Material Scope -- 1.2.1.3 Temporal Scope |
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1.2.2 Functional Immunity (Immunity Ratione Materiae) -- 1.2.2.1 Subjective Scope -- 1.2.2.2 Material Scope -- 1.2.2.3 Temporal Scope -- 1.3 International Immunity Regimes -- 1.3.1 Diplomatic and Consular Immunities -- 1.3.2 Head-of-State Immunity -- 1.3.3 Immunity of State Representatives to International Organizations andof International Civil Servants -- 1.4 External Accountability and Immunity -- 1.4.1 Waiver Regimes -- 1.4.1.1 Express Waiver -- 1.4.1.2 Implied Waiver -- 1.4.2 Exceptions to Immunity -- 1.4.2.1 International Crimes -- 1.4.2.2 Transnational Crimes -- Conclusion |
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2 The Immunity Challenge in Cases of the Labor Trafficking of Diplomatic Household Workers -- Introduction -- 2.1 Patterns and Trends of Exploitative Labor Practices -- 2.1.1 The Purpose and Consequences of Exploitation -- 2.1.2 Means of Trafficking -- 2.1.2.1 Enforced Isolation, Coercive Confinement, and Legal Coercion -- 2.1.2.2 Abuse of Position of Vulnerability -- 2.1.2.3 Fraudulent Inducement and Visa Fraud -- 2.2 Unsuccessful Attempts to Establish Perpetrator Accountability -- 2.2.1 The Jus Cogens Exception -- 2.2.2 Thirteenth Amendment -- 2.2.3 Retroactive Immunity |
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2.3 Shedding the Cloak of Diplomatic Immunity -- 2.3.1 Suing under Residual Immunity for Private Acts -- 2.3.2 The Commercial Activity Exception -- 2.4 Attribution of Responsibility to States -- 2.4.1 Holding Sending States Accountable -- 2.42 Holding Receiving States Accountable -- 2.5 Responses to Exploitative Labor in Diplomatic Households -- 2.5.1 Prevention -- 2.5.2 Protection -- 2.5.3 Prosecution -- Conclusion -- 3 Immunity from Foreign Jurisdiction as a Gateway to Transnational Corruption and Money Laundering -- Introduction -- 3.1 Kleptocrats' Grasp on Power and Illicit Wealth |
| Summary |
Examines how high-ranking public officials commit transnational crimes and avoid accountability by exploiting international law immunities |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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3.1.1 Externalization of Kleptocracies |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781009092012 |
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1009092014 |
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