Jessup Problem: The Case Concerning a Dispute Between a Developing State & an Industrialized State (Naturalia v. Industria)
Topics: Sovereign Immunity, Diplomatic Protection for a Corporate Entity, Expropriation of Alien Property, Breaches of State Contracts
Location: The Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Date: April 14, 1984
World Champion: Dalhousie University (Canada)
Team Members – Joel Bakan, Kenneth Mills, Phillip Saunders, Hugh Williamson
World Runner Up: South Texas College of Law (USA)
Team Members – David W. Holman, M. Kip Morgan, Katrina D. Packard, David J. Sacks, Chris DiFerrante
Best Oralist (Championship Round): Phillip Saunders, Dalhousie University (Canada)
Championship Round Judges:
- Sir Ian Sinclair, K.C.M.G., Q.C. – Legal Advisor to Her Majesty’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London, England
- Mr. Cecil Hunt – Assistant General Counsel for International Trade, United States Department of Commerce
- Mr. Samuel K.B. Asante – Director, Advisory & Informational Service Division, United Nations Center for Transnational Corporations
Problem Author(s): Mark B. Feldman, Esq. – Donovan, Leisure, Newton, & Irvine
Jessup Fellow: Elizabeth L. Rodgers
Administrative Assistant: Pamela M. Young
Best Oralist (International Rounds): Phillip Saunders, Dalhousie University (Canada)
Best Oralist (US rounds): Thomas Bienart, Tulane University
Best Applicant Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award) Freie Universitaet, Berlin (Germany)
Best Respondent Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award) Freie Universitaet, Berlin (Germany)
Best Memorial – Int’l. Rounds (Alona E. Evans Award): Freie Universitaet, Berlin (Germany) (Applicant and Respondent)
Best Memorial (US Regional Rounds – Rutgers Award): Tulane University (Applicant and Respondent)
Best Memorial (US rounds): Washington & Lee University (Applicant and Respondent)
Competition Statistics:
- Number of Teams Worldwide: 197
- Number of Teams at the International Rounds: 33
- Number of Countries: 28
- Number of Countries at the International Rounds: 22
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