The ________ holds that municipal courts must decline to hear suits against foreign sovereigns.

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The doctrine of sovereign or state immunity holds that foreign sovereigns are immune from suits in municipal courts. The governmental interest doctrine refers to the balancing of competing interests in conflicts-of-law cases. The rule of absolute sovereign immunity and the theory of restrictive sovereign immunity are not commonly used terms in relation to this topic.

The ________ Holds That Municipal Courts Must Decline to Hear