Publication Date
2009
Publication Title
American Society of International Law
Abstract
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) provides that foreign states shall be immune from the jurisdiction of U.S. courts unless the suit falls within a specified statutory exception to immunity. There is currently a conflict among the federal circuit courts over whether suits against individual foreign officials are covered by the FSIA. If such suits are not covered by the FSIA, additional questions are raised concerning a possible common law immunity for foreign officials. This Insight describes both the conflict and the additional questions.
Recommended Citation
Bradley, Curtis A., "Foreign Officials and Sovereign Immunity in U.S. Courts" (2009). Articles. 10180.
https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/journal_articles/10180
