Municipality of Västerås v. Iceland

705 State immunity — Jurisdictional immunity — Nordic Council Agreement on Common Upper Secondary School Education, 1992 — Payment of educational costs by Swedish education authority — Claim to recover costs from Iceland as State of nationality of student — Whether Iceland entitled to jurisdictional...

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Published in:International Law Reports
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2006
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781316152607.021
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0309067100007346
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Summary:705 State immunity — Jurisdictional immunity — Nordic Council Agreement on Common Upper Secondary School Education, 1992 — Payment of educational costs by Swedish education authority — Claim to recover costs from Iceland as State of nationality of student — Whether Iceland entitled to jurisdictional immunity — Whether conclusion and implementation of such agreement performed jure imperii or jure gestionis — Whether conclusion of agreement constituting waiver of immunity — Whether contractual choice-of-law clause implying waiver of immunity — The law of Sweden