Description: The Historical Origins of the Concept of Absolute Immunity of States.- The Development of the Doctrine of Sovereign Immunity: A Claim Against France Before American Courts and its Aftereffects.- The Rights and Immunities of States in Foreign Courts: A Study of Absolute Immunity of States.- The Changing Law of Sovereign Immunity in U.S. and U.K. Courts: A Look at the Restrictive Immunity Rule.- Private Suits Against African Countries in Foreign Courts.- The Practice of African States in the Matter of Jurisdictional Immunities of States: Is it Still Absolute Immunity or Restrictive Immunity.- A Look at the ILC Report on Jurisdictional Immunities of Foreign States and Their Property.- Sovereign States Before Foreign Courts: An Observation on Certain Unsettled or Lingering State Immunity Problems.- State Immunity and the Violation of International Law: Some Recent Developments in the Law of State Immunity.- The Acceptance of the Proposed UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property, A Recent Development.- The Current State of the Law of Sovereign Immunity.- Conclusion: A Modest Proposal for Resolving the Sovereign Immunity Controversy.

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