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Doctrine of Sovereign Immunity

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Doctrine of sovereign immunity
Principle that a nation may not be tried in another country without its consent.

Doctrine of Sovereign Immunity
A legal principle that a nation may not be tried in another nation's courts without its own consent. This is important when a foreign corporation has a legal claim against another nation's government. It must go to that nation's courts in order to seek redress.


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In a strikingly fresh approach, he explains the doctrine of sovereign immunity by staging a dialogue among a cast of characters posing as judicial clerks for Samuel Simple, a fictional federal appellate judge.
 
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