LEADER 02589nam 22004213 450 001 9911066125003321 005 20260129080320.0 010 $a0-520-42130-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32291406 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32291406 035 $a(CKB)45048324600041 035 $a(OCoLC)1570338799 035 $a(EXLCZ)9945048324600041 100 $a20260129d2026 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aImmunity on Trial $eEthiopian Courts, Chinese Corporations, and Contestations over Sovereignty 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBerkeley :$cUniversity of California Press,$d2026. 210 4$d©2026. 215 $a1 online resource (219 pages) 311 08$a0-520-42129-9 327 $aCover -- 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. 330 $aPolitical 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. 606 $aEvidence (Law) 615 0$aEvidence (Law) 676 $a347.4206076 700 $aDriessen$b Miriam$01895502 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911066125003321 996 $aImmunity on Trial$94548408 997 $aUNINA