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Clayco Petroleum Corporation v. Occidental Petroleum Corporation and Others

United States.  02 August 1983 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Act of State and justiciability — Nature of act of State doctrine in United States law — Contemporary purpose of doctrine — Respect for sovereign independence of States — Judicial restraint in matters of foreign relations — Allegations that United States corporation secured oil concessions by bribery — Inquiry into motives of foreign government in granting concessions — Whether barred by act of State doctrine — Exceptions to doctrine — Commercial activity exception — Whether part of United States law — Whether act of granting concession a commercial activity — United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act — Public prosecution — Whether contrary to act of State doctrine — Difference between public and private actions — The law of the United States

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Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1990

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