The preemption doctrine refers to the idea that a higher authority of law will displace the law of a lower authority of law when the two authorities come into conflict.
Federal PreemptionWhen state law and federal law conflict, federal law...
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The sovereign immunity refers to the fact that the government cannot be sued without its consent.
OverviewSovereign immunity was derived from British common law doctrine based on the idea that the King could do no wrong. In the...