Concept information
Preferred term
sovereign immunity
Definition
- Sovereign immunity is the principle that governments may not be sued except with their own consent. This doctrine is based on the English common law principle that the King can do no wrong because the government embodies the law. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; Sovereign Immunity]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/sovereign_immunity
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