Foreign Affairs Role of the Judiciary During the Iranian Crisis and Aftermath.

摘要

This paper deals with the activities of the Courts regarding matters arising from the seizure of the U.S. embassy and the subsequent detention of U.S. personnel, and from the U.S. responses (private and public) to that situation. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first part deals with traditional limitations on the judiciary's involvement in foreign affairs and the communication between the judiciary and the executive branches. The second part discusses some particular aspects of the crisis, including immigration, individual diplomacy, trade, personal tort actions, and the lead case which reached the U.S. Supreme Court.