Federal Court of Australia – act of state doctrine – non-justiciability – scope of act of state doctrine – where Australian citizen has brought proceedings against the Commonwealth – where a determination of the proceedings would depend on findings of the legality of the acts of foreign agents outside Australia – whether act of state doctrine applicable where allegations of grave breaches of international law – whether manageable judicial standards
Judges:
Black CJ, Perram and Jagot JJ
Citations:
[2010] FCAFC 12, (2010) 265 ALR 50
Links:
Jurisdiction:
Australia
Constitutional
Updated: 14 June 2022; Ref: scu.634786
