Resumen de Hazel Fox QC. The Law of State Immunity

Paul David Mora

• Over a distinguished career, Lady Hazel Fox CMG QC has come to be recognized as one of the leading publicists in the law of state immunity. In the introductory chapter to the second edition of her monograph, Lady Fox recognizes that the law in this area is simply not static. Since the initial publication of the monograph in 2002, two significant developments have taken place and the revised second edition provides an excellent up-to-date and authoritative account of both.

  The UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property was adopted by the General Assembly in 2004. The Convention is yet to enter into force and, according to Lady Fox, the principal aim of the new edition is to enable an evaluation and understanding of the Convention to be made by those who advise and represent governments on their decisions as to ratification and implementation of the Convention into national law. The Convention plays a central role in the discussion �