Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Summary of Contents -- Contents -- Foreword by Judge Thomas Buergenthal -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Periodical Abbreviations -- Table of Cases -- Table of U.S. Statutes -- Table of Treaties -- Chapter I General International and U.S. Foreign Relations Law -- OVERVIEW -- U.S. INFLUENCE ON INTERNATIONAL LAW -- Secretary of State Albright on the Rule of Law in U.S. Foreign Policy -- Senator Helms on the United States and the United Nations -- U.S. Foreign Assistance as a Means of Conflict Management -- Effectiveness of U.S. Humanitarian Assistance Programs -- U.S. Department of State 1999 Reorganization -- INTERNATIONAL AND FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW INFLUENCES ON THE UNITED STATES -- Interpretation of Treaty Obligations in Light of Foreign Court Decisions -- Treaty Obligations as Evidence of Federal Preemption -- Federal Foreign Relations Law Preemption of State Law -- Chapter II State Diplomatic and Consular Relations -- OVERVIEW -- RECOGNITION OF STATES AND GOVERNMENTS -- U.S. Reaction to Right-Wing Party Joining Austrian Government Coalition -- U.S. Reaction to Military Coup in Pakistan -- U.S. and OAS Reaction to Irregular Election in Peru -- Resumption of U.S. Diplomatic Relations with the FRY -- PERSONA NON GRATA -- Expulsion of Russian Diplomats for Spying -- Expulsion of Cuban Diplomats for Spying -- CONSULAR AFFAIRS -- Execution of Paraguayan National After Consular Notification Error -- Execution of Canadian National After Consular Notification Error -- Execution of German Nationals After Consular Notification Error -- Effect of LaGrand Case for Mexican on Death Row -- Violation of the Vienna Convention as a Basis for Suppression of Evidence -- Chapter III State Jurisdiction and Immunities -- OVERVIEW -- JURISDICTION -- Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Criminal Statutes.

Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Statutes to Maritime Zones -- Extraterritorial Application of Florida Statute to Nonresidents -- U.S. and EU Negotiations Regarding the "Helms-Burton" Act -- I. DISCIPLINES -- A. General Disciplines -- B. Specific Disciplines -- II. MODALITIES -- Jurisdiction over Salvage of RMS Titanic -- Ownership of Sunken Spanish Warships -- FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITIES ACT -- Background -- Procedural Aspects of the FSIA -- Individuals as Foreign Sovereigns -- Corporations as Foreign Sovereigns -- Waiver of Immunity -- Commercial Activity Exception -- Expropriation Exception -- Tortious Activity Exception -- Arbitration Exception -- Terrorist State Exception -- Counterclaims -- Immunity of Foreign State Assets from Attachment or Execution -- DIPLOMATIC OR CONSULAR IMMUNITIES -- Waiver of Georgian Diplomat's Immunity from U.S. Criminal Jurisdiction -- Immunity Provided Visiting Peruvian Official Charged with Torture -- IMMUNITY AS HEAD OF STATE -- Immunity as Head of State for Zimbabwe's President Mugabe -- ACT OF STATE DOCTRINE -- Tax Ruling by Brazil Minister as an Act of State -- Chapter IV State Responsibility and Liability -- OVERVIEW -- RULES OF STATE RESPONSIBILITY -- U.S. Comments on ILC Draft Articles on State Responsibility -- PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION -- Persons of Japanese Ancestry Interned During the Second World War -- Bombing of Chinese Embassy in Belgrade -- Collision with Italian Ski Gondola -- Provision of Compound Interest Under International Law -- ESPOUSAL OF CLAIMS -- Compensation for U.S. Nationals Persecuted by the Nazi Regime -- State Department Discretion to Espouse U.S. National's Claim -- 1. The District Court Erred In Reviewing the Secretary's Conduct of Negotiations With Germany, For The Court Intruded Upon….

2. The District Court Had No Warrant Under The APA To Review, And Then Intrude Upon, the Secretary's Discretion. -- Facilitating Payment by Sri Lanka to U.S. Investor -- Facilitating Property Restitution in Central and Eastern Europe -- Chapter V International Organizations -- OVERVIEW -- UNITED NATIONS -- Payment of U.S. Arrears to the United Nations -- Employment of U.S. Nationals at UN Organizations -- U.S. Support for Immunity of UN Special Rapporteur -- Gerritsen at 259. -- U.S. Support of UN Sanctions by High Seas Interdiction -- U.S. Support for Deployment of Peacekeepers to East Timor -- U.S. View on Functions of the Depositary of a Treaty -- Barring of FRY Representative at the UN Security Council -- Chapter VI International Law and Nonstate Actors -- OVERVIEW -- NONSTATE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES -- Status of Palestine Liberation Organization at the United Nations -- U.S.-Taiwan Relations -- Sovereign Immunity Accorded to American Institute in Taiwan -- Taiwan Treaty Obligations as Derived from PRC -- Capacity of Hong Kong to Enter Into Treaty Relations -- SECOND WORLD WAR ERA CLAIMS AGAINST NONSTATE ACTORS -- Background -- Claims against German Industry and German Banks -- Claims against Austrian Industry -- Claims against Insurance Companies -- Claims against Swiss and Austrian Banks -- Claims for Confiscated Art -- Claims against Japanese Companies -- INDIVIDUALS -- U.S.-EU "Safe Harbor" Data Privacy Arrangement -- Chapter VII International Oceans, Environment, Health, and Aviation Law -- OVERVIEW -- LAW OF THE SEA -- Extension of U.S. Contiguous Zone -- U.S.-Mexico Continental Shelf Boundary in Gulf of Mexico -- High Seas Fishing Generally -- Conservation of Fish in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean -- Amendment of U.S.-Canada 1985 Pacific Salmon Treaty -- U.S. Sanctions against Japan for Whaling -- American Indian Whaling Rights.

INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW -- Rejection of Kyoto Protocol to Climate Change Convention -- WTO Decisions on Shrimp/Turtle Import Restrictions -- Signing of Persistent Organic Pollutants Treaty -- INTERNATIONAL HEALTH LAW -- Permitting Patent Infringements to Combat AIDS in Africa -- U.S. Funding to Combat AIDS Globally -- Guatemalan Suit against U.S. Tobacco Companies -- WHO Report Condemning U.S. Tobacco Companies -- Retention of the Smallpox Virus -- AIR AND SPACE LAW -- Admissibility of U.S.-EU "Hushkits" Dispute Before the ICAO -- Interpretation of Warsaw Convention in U.S. Courts -- Aerial Incident off the Coast of China -- Privatization of INTELSAT -- Chapter VIII International Economic Law -- OVERVIEW -- INTERNATIONAL FINANCE -- Restructuring Proposals to Address Global Economic Turmoil -- Debt Relief for Heavily Indebted Poor States -- World Bank Financing for Relocating Chinese Farmers in Tibet -- Unsuccessful U.S. Opposition to IBRD Loans to Iran -- BILATERAL TRADE -- USTR Report on Foreign Trade Barriers -- U.S.-PRC Trade Relations -- U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement -- U.S.-Vietnam Trade Agreement -- President Denied "Fast-Track" Trade Negotiating Authority -- U.S. Environmental Assessment of Trade Agreements -- Unilateral U.S. Actions against Steel Imports -- Reform of U.S. Sanctions Relating to Agriculture and Medicine -- Easing of U.S. Economic Sanctions on Iran -- NAFTA -- Constitutionality of NAFTA -- Classification of NAFTA Goods -- U.S.-Canada Sport Fishing and Tourism Trade Dispute -- Summaries of Selected Chapter 11 Investor-State Disputes -- U.S. Interpretation of Core Chapter 11 Standards -- Statements by NAFTA Parties as a "Subsequent Agreement" Interpreting the NAFTA -- Confidentiality of Chapter 11 Proceedings -- Chapter 19 Anti-dumping and Countervailing Duty Disputes -- Chapter 20 General Dispute Resolution.

REGIONAL TRADE -- Africa and Caribbean Trade and Development Act -- Call for Completion of FTAA by 2005 -- WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION -- U.S. Experience with WTO Dispute Settlement -- Decision on U.S. Section 301 Trade Authority -- Decision on U.S. Anti-Dumping Act of 1916 -- Decision on U.S. Tax Benefits for "Foreign Sales Corporations" -- Decision on EU Restrictions on Banana Imports -- Decision on EU Restrictions on Hormone-Treated Beef Imports -- Canadian Measures against "Split-Run" Magazines -- Proposed "Millennium" Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations -- Chapter IX International Human Rights -- OVERVIEW -- NEW TREATIES AND INSTRUMENTS -- International Convention to Eliminate the "Worst Forms of Child Labor" -- Signing of Protocols to Rights of the Child Convention -- Declaration on the Promotion of Democracy -- Voluntary Human Rights Principles for Extractive and Energy Companies -- IMPLEMENTATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS -- U.S. Government Internal Coordination of Human Rights Matters -- Funding Restrictions Relating to Foreign Security Forces -- U.S. Sanctions against States Tolerating Religious Persecution -- U.S. Criticism of PRC at the UN Commission on Human Rights -- Defeat of House Resolution on Armenian Genocide -- Inapplicability of ICCPR to Death Penalty Case -- Inapplicability of OAS Report to Death Penalty Case -- Fifth Amendment Inapplicability to Overseas Torture of Aliens -- Release of U.S. Documents on Rwandan Genocide -- The Definition of Genocide -- The Existence of Genocide in Rwanda -- REPORTING ON HUMAN RIGHTS -- U.S. Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices -- U.S. Designation and Report on International Religious Freedom -- U.S. First Report to the UN Committee on Racial Discrimination -- U.S. First Report to the UN Committee against Torture -- CRITICISM OF THE UNITED STATES.

UN Reaction to U.S. Torture Convention Report.