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Book Reviews Book review Hazel Fox Q.C., The Law of State Immunity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), lxiv + 572 pp. ISBN 0–19–927099–6 (paperback). Andrew Dickinson, Rae Lindsay and James P. Loonam, with a foreword by Sir Robert Jennings Q.C., State Immunity: Selected Materials and Commentary (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004) xc + 542 pp. ISBN 0–19–924326–3 (hardback) The Law of State Immunity by Lady Fox was published in hardback in 2002. The pre- sent 2004 paperback edition is not, however, a mere reprint, but contains comprehen- sive corrections and additional references. Likewise, the Table of Cases and the bibliography have been updated, with additions since the 2002 edition marked out. Changes in the law since the earlier hardback edition are described in great detail in the new preface. The decision of the Sixth Committee of the U.N. General Assembly of 4 November 2003 to support a convention based on the finalized text of the International Law Commission’s 1991 Draft Articles on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property is a significant one, and a fresh outline of the issues is ( justifiably) given pride of place in the new paperback preface. In time, we could per- haps hope for http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Non-State Actors and International Law (continued in International Community Law Review) Brill

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© 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Book review Hazel Fox Q.C., The Law of State Immunity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), lxiv + 572 pp. ISBN 0–19–927099–6 (paperback). Andrew Dickinson, Rae Lindsay and James P. Loonam, with a foreword by Sir Robert Jennings Q.C., State Immunity: Selected Materials and Commentary (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004) xc + 542 pp. ISBN 0–19–924326–3 (hardback) The Law of State Immunity by Lady Fox was published in hardback in 2002. The pre- sent 2004 paperback edition is not, however, a mere reprint, but contains comprehen- sive corrections and additional references. Likewise, the Table of Cases and the bibliography have been updated, with additions since the 2002 edition marked out. Changes in the law since the earlier hardback edition are described in great detail in the new preface. The decision of the Sixth Committee of the U.N. General Assembly of 4 November 2003 to support a convention based on the finalized text of the International Law Commission’s 1991 Draft Articles on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property is a significant one, and a fresh outline of the issues is ( justifiably) given pride of place in the new paperback preface. In time, we could per- haps hope for

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