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The Recognition Of Russia, Edwin D. Dickinson Dec 1931

The Recognition Of Russia, Edwin D. Dickinson

Michigan Law Review

Revolution in Russia culminated, on March 15, 1917, in the abdication of the Romanoffs and the establishment of the Provisional Government. In November, 1917, the Provisional Government was overthrown by the Bolsheviki and the Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic was proclaimed. Thus in nine turbulent months authority in Russia passed from the autocracy of the Czars, through the ineffective hands of the moderates, to extreme radicals frankly committed to communism and the dictatorship of the proletariat.


Treaties-Effect Of War On Commercial Treaties May 1931

Treaties-Effect Of War On Commercial Treaties

Michigan Law Review

The Sophie Rickmers, a German merchant vessel registered at Hamburg and owned by a German corporation with principal place of business there, entered New York Sept. 27, 1921. Upon its entry a tonnage duty of fifty cents per ton was collected under U. S. Rev. Stat. sec. 4219 as amended by 19 Stat. 250 (46 U. S. C. A. 121), and sec. ,4225 (46 U. S. C. A. 128), in addition to the six-cent tonnage duty under 36 Stat. 111 (46 U. S. C. A. 121). The treaty of the United States made in 1827 with the Hanseatic Republics, 1 …


International Law--State Immunity--Waiver--Execution May 1931

International Law--State Immunity--Waiver--Execution

Michigan Law Review

Some interesting illustrations in the field of state immunity have been afforded by the litigation arising out of a contract made by the Swedish State Railways Administration (Kunglig Jamvagsstyrelsen) to buy coal from the American firm of Dexter and Carpenter, shortly after the War. Although the contract was on "c.i.f." terms, the National City Bank, in which funds for the payment for the coal had been deposited, paid for part of this coal- upon presentation of insurance certificates instead of policies. As a consequence, when one shipment of the coal was lost at sea, the Railways were unable to recover …


Treaties-State Successsion-Effect On Commercial Treaties And Reciprocity Statutes May 1931

Treaties-State Successsion-Effect On Commercial Treaties And Reciprocity Statutes

Michigan Law Review

In a suit to recover alleged excessive tonnage duties the court held that the commercial treaties made by the United States with the Hanseatic Republics in 1827 (1 Malloy 901), and with Prussia in 1828 (2 Malloy 1496), were still valid and effective to exempt a vessel from duties that were imposed in 1921; but that U. S. Rev. Stat. sec. 4229-30 and 4 Stat. 2, exempting Prussian vessels from these taxes, were no longer operative. For facts, see note supra. The Sophie Rickmers, 45 F.(2d) 413.


Review: International Adjudications, Edwin D. Dickinson Apr 1931

Review: International Adjudications, Edwin D. Dickinson

Michigan Law Review

A Review of : INTERNATIONAL ADJUDICATIONS Edited by John Bassett Moore.


Review: International Law, H. Arthur Steiner Apr 1931

Review: International Law, H. Arthur Steiner

Michigan Law Review

A Review of : INTERNATIONAL LAW By Ellery C. Stowell.


Recognition Cases In American Courts, 1923-1930, John S. Tennant Apr 1931

Recognition Cases In American Courts, 1923-1930, John S. Tennant

Michigan Law Review

Although the Soviets have maintained complete, uninterrupted, and practically undisputed control over most of the territory of the former Russian Empire for more than ten years, the United States still refuses to recognize the Soviet government as the international representative of Russia. The first general consideration of the legal situation engendered by the policy of our government was contained in an article by Professor Edwin D. Dickinson, "The Unrecognized Government or State in English and American Law,'' which appeared in the Michigan Law Review in 1923. In view of the importance of this matter, and the number of cases involving …


Conflict Of Laws-Renvoi Doctrine Mar 1931

Conflict Of Laws-Renvoi Doctrine

Michigan Law Review

H, an Englishman, married W in England. On separation H acquired a domicil in Germany. A child was thereafter born to Y, a woman with whom H was living in Germany. H subsequently divorced W in Germany and married Y. Whether the child was legitimate determined whether H had validly exercised a power of appointment in an English settlement. Held, legitimacy is to be determined by the law of the domicil, including its rules of private international law. Germany, referring the matter to English law, found a remittance which Germany accepted and applied German municipal law. The child, by …