Immunity on Trial : Ethiopian Courts, Chinese Corporations, and Contestations over Sovereignty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Driessen, Miriam.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evidence (Law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2026.

Summary:

Political and legal immunity are justified by the principle that certain social aims outweigh the value of imposing liability. To be exempt from the rules, however, is a privilege granted to or demanded by the powerful. The structural disparities that underpin immunity can turn it into an unjust prerogative, one that is inscribed by global inequalities. Set against the backdrop of an extraordinary wave of litigation against Chinese corporations in Ethiopia, Immunity on Trial probes the question of immunity in everyday encounters steeped in highly asymmetrical power relations. Drawing on observations from the courthouse, interviews with litigants, judges, and court support staff, and analyses of case files, Miriam Driessen demonstrates how immunity is debated and delegitimized--or affirmed--by those who fight, exact, grant, or weigh it. From the construction site to the police station, from the registrar's office into the courtroom, she documents tussles over immunity, unraveling the politics of dignity on which they are founded.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Maps

Introduction

1. Sovereignty and Contested Claims of Immunity

2. The Ethiopian Plaintiffs

3. The Chinese Defendants

4. Immunity Through Inequality

5. Enacting Jurisdiction, Reenacting Sovereignty

6. Dimming Some Voices, Amplifying Others

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

General index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-520-42130-2

9780520421301

OCLC:

1570338799