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The Political Offense Exception As Applied In French Cases Dealing With The Extradition Of Terrorists, Thomas E. Carbonneau
The Political Offense Exception As Applied In French Cases Dealing With The Extradition Of Terrorists, Thomas E. Carbonneau
Michigan Journal of International Law
This article does not attempt to deal with all of the multifarious aspects of contemporary terrorism; its ambition is much more modest in scope, centering upon traditional legal mechanisms and doctrines that can be adapted to deal with terrorism. Using the decisional law of France as an illustrative model, this article analyzes the transnational and political character of terrorist acts and seeks to establish the implications of those characteristics for litigation dealing with the extradition of terrorist offenders. Several assumptions underlie the analysis. First, the effort to repress international crime is seen as a laudable objective of the international legal …
Application Of International Human Rights Law In State And Federal Courts, Stephen A. Rosenbaum, Kathryn Burke, Sandra Coliver, Connie De La Vega
Application Of International Human Rights Law In State And Federal Courts, Stephen A. Rosenbaum, Kathryn Burke, Sandra Coliver, Connie De La Vega
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This article provides a substantive discussion of international human rights law and how it can be used in federal and state courts to protect human rights within and outside the United States. It provides a comprehensive analysis of cases and examples of possible areas in which international human rights standards may be used to interpret United States laws. Specifically, the article seeks to promote more extensive use of international human rights laws by United States lawyers.
State and federal courts have traditionally used international law for the application and enforcement of treaties to which the United States has been a …
Jurisdictional Bases For Criminal Legislation And Its Enforcement, B.J. George Jr.
Jurisdictional Bases For Criminal Legislation And Its Enforcement, B.J. George Jr.
Michigan Journal of International Law
The doctrine of jurisdiction-the authority of nations or states to create or prescribe penal or regulatory norms and to enforce them through administrative and judicial action- has been a source of difficulty in both international and domestic law for centuries. The last two decades, however, have witnessed more conflicts over the invocation of forum penal laws to reach persons and activities outside national boundaries than had arisen for more than a century before. Moreover, treaties restricting some dimensions of penal jurisdiction based on other than the territorial concept have become increasingly common, and some nations have legislated to prevent their …
The Quantum Of Evidence Required To Extradite From The United States, Robert J. Rosoff
The Quantum Of Evidence Required To Extradite From The United States, Robert J. Rosoff
Michigan Journal of International Law
This article argues that it is appropriate to require that requesting countries meet the uniform federal bindover standard to obtain extradition from the United States, rather than a more stringent state standard. The federal bindover standard of probable cause accomplishes the purpose of United States extradition procedure better than any other evidentiary standard. It affords an alleged fugitive more protection from unjustified extradition than is available in most countries. Furthermore, the reasons advanced by advocates of a more stringent bindover standard in the domestic criminal setting do not apply to extradition hearings.
Book Reviews, Stephen C. Hicks, David A. Elder, Edward A. Laing
Book Reviews, Stephen C. Hicks, David A. Elder, Edward A. Laing
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
THE FAMILY IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: SOME EMERGING PROBLEMS
Edited by R. Lillich
Charlottesville: Michie, 1981. Pp. xii, 164
Reviewed by Stephen C. Hicks
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TREATIES OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, 1949-1978: AN ANNOTATED COMPILATION
By Grant F. Rhode and Reid E. Whitlock
Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1980. Pp. ix, 207. $25.00.
Reviewed by David A. Elder
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STATE AND DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY
By Charles Lewis London:
Lloyd's Press of London, Ltd., 1980. Pp. xv, 135. 16f.
Reviewed by Edward A. Laing
Income Tax Treaty Shopping: An Overview Of Prevention Techniques, Kenneth A. Grady
Income Tax Treaty Shopping: An Overview Of Prevention Techniques, Kenneth A. Grady
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
The Internal Revenue Service in recent years has been particularly concerned about third-country residents use of bilateral income tax treaties to avoid paying tax on United States source income. Although third-country residents have benefitted from United States bilateral income tax treaties for more than twenty years, the loss of tax revenue from such unintended use was not considered a major problem. The recent proliferation of tax treaties between the United States and tax havens which resulted in an increased loss of tax revenues, however, has caused the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to change its evaluation of the treaty shopping problem. …
Application Of International Human Rights Law In State And Federal Courts, Connie De La Vega, Stephen Rosenbaum, Kathryn Burke, Sandra Coliver
Application Of International Human Rights Law In State And Federal Courts, Connie De La Vega, Stephen Rosenbaum, Kathryn Burke, Sandra Coliver
Connie de la Vega
This article provides a substantive discussion of international human rights law and how it can be used in federal and state courts to protect human rights within and outside the United States. It provides a comprehensive analysis of cases and examples of possible areas in which international human rights standards may be used to interpret United States laws. Specifically, the article seeks to promote more extensive use of international human rights laws by United States lawyers. State and federal courts have traditionally used international law for the application and enforcement of treaties to which the United States has been a …