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Member State
Italy
Themes
Type of document
Jurisprudence
Permanent link to the contribution
http://www.cahdidatabases.coe.int/C/Immunities/Italy/1961/168
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Database of the CAHDI "The immunities of States and international organisations" - contribution of Italy - Jurisprudence of 19/07/1961

Cassa di risparmio della Libia (body corporate) v. Federazione italiana dei consorzi agrari and Consorzio agrario della Tripolitania (body corporates)

Author(ity)

Tribunal of Rome

Date of the decision, of the judgment

19/07/1961

Points of law

The decision admits the immunity from civil jurisdiction only for foreign States when they act as sovereign bodies and not when they act as private subjects.

Summary of the case

Immunity from jurisdiction applies to foreign public bodies only in case they are entitled to have public law relations, but not in connection to private activities, such as the conclusion of contracts entailing property obligations.

Sources

Diritto internazionale, 1963, II, 241

Additional information (explanations, notes, etc.)

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