Define and discuss the doctrine of "sovereign immunity." Discuss the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976
Sovereign immunity is the absolute immunity of a foreign country from the courts of a host country. Originally, all acts of a foreign sovereign nation within a host country were considered immune from the host country's laws. In modern times, international law distinguishes between the public and commercial acts of a foreign nation. Congress enacted the FSIA to establish circumstances under which the U.S. would extend immunity to foreign nations. The 1976 Act specifically provides that a foreign state shall be immune from neither federal nor state court jurisdiction if the suit is based on a nation's commercial, as opposed to governmental or diplomatic, functions. Examples of a commercial activity, which is not immune, is a contract by a foreign government to buy equipment for its armed forces or a contract by a foreign government to construct a government building.
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