_________________________________________, allowing U.S. governance over lawsuits against other nations in the United States in either federal- or state-level courts. Simply stated, a foreign country is not immune to lawsuits in the United States when the country has waived its immunity, or if the commercial activity against which the lawsuit is intended causes a direct effect in the United States.

The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976

A doctrine of sovereign immunity

sovereignty

International Treaties

__________________________________________, which was established in 1980. This law governs contracts of countries that have ratified it as the priority contract for trade. By January 2018, 84 countries had adopted it.

The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)

The Principle of Comity

The Act of State Doctrine

The Doctrine of Sovereign Immunity