In 1976, Congress passed the Foreign SovereignImmunities Act (FSIA), which effectively codified the restrictive view of sovereign immunity.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Sovereign Immunity or cover-up?
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The Foreign SovereignImmunities Act usually crops up in very different cases.
ECONOMIST: Sovereigns v creditors
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With nationalisation, concluded Judge Paul Gardephe, Anglo Irish had become exempt from American jurisdiction because of a curious legal doctrine called the Foreign SovereignImmunities Act.