Excerpt from Foreign Governments at Work: An Introductory Study Mrs. Alving! 'I almost think we're all of us Ghosts, Pastor Manders. It's not only what we have inherited from our father and mother that "walks" in us, It's all sorts of dead ideas, and lifeless old beliefs, and so forth. They have not vitality, but they cling to us all the same, and we can't get rid of them. Whenever I take up a newspaper I seem to see Ghosts gliding between the lines. There must be Ghosts all the country over, as thick as the sand of the sea. And then we are one and all so pitifully afraid of the light.' 'Es erben sich Gesetz' und Rechte Wie ein ew'ge Krankheit fort; Weh dir, dass du ein Enkel bist I Vom Rechte, das mit uns geboren ist, Von dem ist, leider I nie die Frage.' 'Meanwhile, it is singular how long the rotten will hold together, provided you do not handle it roughly. For whole generations it continues standing, "with a ghastly affectation of life," after all life and truth has fled out of it: so loth are men to quit their old ways; and, conquering indolence and inertia, venture on new.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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In 1976 Congress enacted the landmark Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act opening the doors of US federal courts to suits by private individuals against foreign governments. In the decades following, over 3000 cases have been brought and the instances of new cases are increasing as the US becomes more integrated into the world economy and foreign governments are behaving more like private entitles. While this development has created new opportunities for US attorneys to seek redress from foreign governments for their clients, the challenges presented by the complex rules governing Immunities Act cases, counterparts from radically different legal traditions, and unfamiliar terminology can befuddle even the most competent counsel. Since first publication of the book in 1988, "Suing Foreign Governments and Their Corporations" has become recognized as the standard handbook providing guidance on the intricacies of litigation under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.