Acta Jure Gestionis

“Acta Jure Gestionis” in Maritime Law

Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.

The following is a definition of “Acta Jure Gestionis”, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: “Acts by right of management”. Activities of a commercial nature carried out by a foreign State or one of its subdivisions or agencies, which acts are not immune from the jurisdiction (see this maritime law term in this legal dictionary) and process of local courts under the modern doctrine of restrictive foreign sovereign immunity (see this maritime law term in this legal dictionary). See Tetley, M.L.C., 2 Ed., 1998 at pp. 1163 and 1184; Tetley, Int’l. M. & A. L., 2003 at p. 441.