ABSTRACT
Within the legal domain (or even within the larger domain of normative systems), it is common to see the word ‘immunity’ used with two different meanings: (i) a broad one, closer to its colloquial usage, in which it describes a sort of shield against any kind of interference from others (irrespective of the normative settings that could ground such interference); and (ii) a narrow one, of technical nature, in which it makes reference to a specific atomic legal position; the one an agent holds whenever it faces another without power over her. Therefore, while with the former one is expressing a very imprecise idea, with the latter one is mentioning something that can be rigorously described.
Duarte, David, Immunities As Mere Propositions About The Law (July 10, 2024), Lisbon Public Law Working Paper No 2024-2.
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