British Court Rules Pinochet Has Sovereign Immunity

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Tuesday, December 1, 1998
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
14
Issue: 
12
510-512
Abstract: 
On October 28, 1998, Britain’s High Court ruled that Augusto Pinochet cannot be tried in court for anything he did while he was president of Chile on the basis of sovereign immunity... [more]