Symposium
Foreign State Immunity at Home and Abroad: Vanderbilt Transnational Law Symposium
The Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law sponsored a one-day symposium on Feb. 4, 2011, addressing "Foreign State Immunity at Home and Abroad." The Journal will publish scholarly articles related to the symposium beginning in the autumn of 2011.
Keynote Address:
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"Foreign Official Immunity after Samantar: A U.S. Government Perspective."
Harold Hongju Koh, Legal Advisor of U.S. Department of State
The symposium included four panel discussions moderated by faculty in Vanderbilt's International Legal Studies Program.
Panel One: Immunity in U.S. Courts after Samantar, moderated by Ingrid Wuerth, Vanderbilt Law School
Panelists:
- David Bederman, Emory University
- John Bellinger III, Arnold & Porter, Legal Adviser for the U.S. Department of State (2005-2009), 2008 Charney Lecturer
- Sarah Cleveland, Columbia University and U.S. Department of State
- Chimène Keitner, University of California Hastings School of Law
- Peter B. Rutledge, University of Georgia
Panel Two: Head of State, Diplomatic, and Other Immunities, moderated by Ingrid Wuerth, Vanderbilt Law School
Panelists:
- Michael A. Newton, Vanderbilt University
- Edward Swaine, George Washington University
- Lewis Yelin, U.S. Department of Justice
Panel Three: State Immunity and Human Rights, moderated by Klint Alexander, Vanderbilt Law School
Panelists:
- David Stewart, Georgetown University
- Roger O'Keefe, Cambridge University
- Beth Stephens, Rutgers University
- Lorna McGregor, University of Essex
Panel Four: The International Law of State Immunity and Its Development by National Institutions, moderated by Jacob Cogan, University of Cincinnati School of Law
Panelists:
- Christian Tomuschat, University of Humboldt, Germany
- Elena Sciso, LUISS Guido Carli, Rome
- Paul Stephan, University of Virginia School of Law
- Lori Fisler Damrosch, Columbia Law School
- David Caron, University of California, Berkeley
