Assignment:
Mr. Alpha is a national of the Banana Republic. Until the last revolution, he was living in very comfortable circumstances on a large plantation employing thousands of peasants at starvation wages. Following the revolution, the new revolutionary government seized his plantation and he fled the country to avoid arrest. He is now an exile in a large northern First World state and he has brought suit in one of that state's courts against the Bank of the Banana Republic, which now has title to his plantation, to obtain compensation for the property taken from him.
The First World State has a statute identical to the US Aliens Tort Claim Act that allows courts to assume jurisdiction in disputes between individuals and foreign states when a violation of an international tort has been alleged. You are the judge hearing the case and you are to write an opinion describing the basis for your decision.