Which of the following is an example of competing interpretations of sovereignty that have arisen in the domain of law?
a. The trials of former German war criminals
b. The 1998 detention of General Augusto Pinochet in Britain
c. Chinese crackdowns on demonstrators in Tiananmen Square
d. The formation of NATO
e. The failure of the United Nations to intervene during the humanitarian disaster in Rwanda
Answer: b
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