The Important Research on the topic of Jurisdictional Immunity of States (review of the book “Jurisdictional Immunity of States” by I.O. Khlestova)

The author of this book is Doctor of laws, who is also a well-known scholar in the sphere of international private law. She is a leading expert on the issue of jurisdictional immunity of states and moreover took part in drafting of national laws related to this issue.This question is of high both theoretical and practical importance. The topic is very acute for Russia as due to the fact that the tendency is shifting from the concept of absolute immunity to the concept of limited immunity. This increases the number of lawsuits in international courts against Russia.The book by I.O. Khlestova is a successful endeavor to conduct the fullscale research of the issue of jurisdictional immunity as this issue requires the elaboration of the new approach to the solution of the existing problems. The author offers an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of this issue and apart from this also makes convincing conclusions and interesting suggestions.The research conducted by I.O Khlestova is the best in our doctrine of international private law in respect of the issues of jurisdictional immunity on the contemporary level