{"id":163,"date":"2007-02-16T09:15:11","date_gmt":"2007-02-16T16:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.journals.law.harvard.edu\/ilj\/digest\/archives\/163"},"modified":"2011-03-22T13:42:20","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T17:42:20","slug":"the-european-court-of-justice-on-sovereign-immunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/ilj\/2007\/02\/the-european-court-of-justice-on-sovereign-immunity\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Court of Justice on Sovereign Immunity"},"content":{"rendered":"

On February 15, the European Court of Justice considered the scope of the Brussels Convention, which applies “in civil and commercial matters whatever the nature of the court or tribunal.”\u00c2\u00a0 The Court of Justice found that\u00c2\u00a0 “civil matters” do not include suits brought by a national of one contracting state against another contracting state for the compensation of damages that occurred during armed operations. The judgment and the opinion can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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