Marital satisfaction is perhaps one of the most frequently studied variables in marital research. Despite the wealth of literature examining this construct, there is a continuing lack of consensus among marital researchers about how to conceptualize and measure marital satisfaction, as well as an absence of a unifying theoretical approach to
Sovereign Immunity. The legal protection that prevents a sovereign state or person from being sued without consent. Sovereign immunity is a judicial doctrine that prevents the government or its political subdivisions, departments, and agencies from being sued without its consent.
The most important exception to sovereign immunity is the commercial activity exception, 28 U.S.C. Â§ 1605(a)(2). That section provides three bases on which a plaintiff can sue a foreign state: When the plaintiff's claim is based upon a commercial activity carried on in the United States by the foreign state.