The political unconscious of the English foreign act of state and non-justiciability doctrine(s)

Nicholson, Matthew

doi:10.1017/s0020589315000299

The political unconscious of the English foreign act of state and non-justiciability doctrine(s)

Nicholson, Matthew

Authors

Dr Matthew Nicholson matthew.c.nicholson@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

Abstract

This article reviews the history and politics of the English foreign act of State and non-justiciability doctrines in light of recent judgments in Belhaj and Rahmatullah. It argues that the doctrines have a political unconscious—a term borrowed from literary theorist Fredric Jameson—and that an appreciation of this should inform the Supreme Court's approach to the forthcoming appeals.

Citation

Nicholson, M. (2015). The political unconscious of the English foreign act of state and non-justiciability doctrine(s). International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 64(4), 743-781. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0020589315000299

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jun 15, 2015
Online Publication Date	Jul 9, 2015
Publication Date	Oct 1, 2015
Deposit Date	Sep 9, 2016
Publicly Available Date	Sep 9, 2016
Journal	International and Comparative Law Quarterly
Print ISSN	0020-5893
Electronic ISSN	1471-6895
Publisher	British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	64
Issue	4
Pages	743-781
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1017/s0020589315000299
Related Public URLs	http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/380980/

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Copyright © British Institute of International and Comparative Law 2015. This paper has been published in a revised form, subsequent to editorial input by Cambridge University Press, in 'International and Comparative Law Quarterly' (64: 4 (2015) 743-781) https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-and-comparative-law-quarterly