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Republic of the Philippines v. Marcos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

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Judicial Decisions
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1987

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References

1 818 F.2d 1473, 1477.

2 717 F.2d 1295 (9th Cir. 1983).

3 Affidavit of Mr. Benigno Alas, 818 F.2d at 1501 (Nelson, J., dissenting).

4 818 F.2d at 1480 (emphasis in original).

5 Id.

6 Id. at 1478.

7 Id. at 1481. The act of state doctrine provides that “the courts of one country 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).

8 818 F.2d at 1482 (quoting Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Republic of Cuba, 425 U.S. 682, 706 (1976) (opinion of White, Powell and Rehnquist, JJ., and Burger, C.J.)) (emphasis in original).

9 See Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino, 376 U.S. 398 (1964).

10 818F.2dat 1486.

11 Id. at 1488.

12 Id.

13 Republic of the Philippines v. Marcos, 806 F.2d 344 (2d Cir. 1986) (refusing to apply act of state doctrine), summarized in 81 AJIL 417 (1987).