In 1976, Congress passed the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), which effectively codified the restrictive view of sovereign immunity.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Sovereign Immunity or cover-up?

The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act usually crops up in very different cases.

ECONOMIST: Sovereigns v creditors

With nationalisation, concluded Judge Paul Gardephe, Anglo Irish had become exempt from American jurisdiction because of a curious legal doctrine called the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

ECONOMIST: Sovereigns v creditors