The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ?(FSIA) provides that American courts generally cannot hear suits against foreign governments. Describe the two possible exceptions to this rule
The two possible exceptions to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act deal with ?waivers and commercial activity. First, a lawsuit is permitted against a foreign country that voluntarily agrees to give up immunity. Secondly, a plaintiff in the United States can sue a foreign country engaged in commercial, but not political activity. An activity is commercial if a business could engage in it. If, however, the foreign government is doing something that only a government has the power to do, it is a state activity, and the country is immune from related litigation.
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A. It arose in tort law many years ago in the United States. B. The theory of strict liability was extended to product liability and by the 1940s it was firmly entrenched. C. The injured person need not prove negligence to prevail in court. D. Injured consumers had to prove breach of warranty even after the 1960s to prevail in cases where there was some inherent danger in the use of a product.
The model which is appropriate where global efficiency is not required but adapting to local conditions offers advantages is:
A. International model B. Multinational model C. Global model D. Transnational model E. All of the above