Search results for: “discretionary review”

  • Chile – Price Band System and Safeguard Measures Relating to Certain Agricultural Products

    Chile Price Band System and Safeguard Measures Relating to Certain Agricultural Products   World Trade Organization – scope of coverage of Agreement on Agriculture Article 4.2 – meaning of variable levy and minimum import price – the task of DSU Article 21.5 panels Australia was a third party in a complaint by Argentina against Chile’s…

  • Turkey – Measures Affecting the Importation of Rice

    Turkey – Measures Affecting the Importation of Rice   World Trade Organization – TRQ utilization – Agreement on Agriculture Article 4.2 – national treatment The Turkey Measures Affecting the Importation of Rice case, brought by the United States, concerned various restrictions imposed by Turkey on the importation of rice. Turkey’s Schedule of Concessions on Goods…

  • Settlement of Disputes 3

    Settlement of Disputes   Article 296 Finality and binding force of decisions 1. Any decision rendered by a court or tribunal having jurisdiction under this section shall be final and shall be complied with by all the parties to the dispute. 2. Any such decision shall have no binding force except between the parties and…

  • United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 29

    United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea   Article 291 Access 1. All the dispute settlement procedures specified in this Part shall be open to States Parties. 2. The dispute settlement procedures specified in this Part shall be open to entities other than States Parties only as specifically provided for in this Convention.…

  • United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 16

    United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea   SUBSECTION H. SUSPENSION OF THE EXERCISE OF RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERS Article 184 Suspension of the exercise of voting rights A State Party which is in arrears in the payment of its financial contributions to the Authority shall have no vote if the amount…

  • Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities 8

    Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities   Chapter VI: Disputes Settlement Article 55 Disputes Between Two or More Parties Articles 56, 57 and 58 apply to disputes between two or more Parties.   Article 56 Choice of Procedure 1 Each Party, when signing, ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to this Convention, or…

  • Arbitration: Grounds for refusal (Article V) in general

    Arbitration: Grounds for refusal (Article V) in general This phase is characterized by the following general principles: – no review on the merits; – burden on respondent of proving the exhaustive grounds; – exhaustive grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement; – narrow interpretation of the grounds for refusal; – limited discretionary power to grant…

  • VISHIPCO LINE AND OTHERS v. THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK 2

    DISCUSSION Chase here first contends that plaintiffs’ claims were dismissible for failure to prove that under Vietnamese law they were entitled to recover. We disagree. The district court largely agreed with Chase’s contention, stating: When foreign law is an issue in a case, that law must be proved as a fact. Black Diamond S.S. Corp.…

  • Law quotes

    Law Quotes See also: Law quotes 2 – Law quotes 3 – Law quotes 4 – Lawyer Quotes   How great soever the variety of municipal laws, it must be confessed that their chief outlines pretty regularly concur; because the purposes to which they tend are everywhere exactly similar. David Hume. It is his [the…

  • US Native law

    Tribal Court Clearinghouse The Tribal Court Clearinghouse is a comprehensive website established in June 1997 to serve as a resource for American Indian and Alaska Native Nations, American Indian and Alaska Native people, tribal justice systems, victims services providers, tribal service providers, and others involved in the improvement of justice in Indian country. More resources…

  • Other ALI projects

    Other ALI projects See Codifications, studies and other ALI projects , American Legal Institute General Bibliography and Restatements of laws . The American Legal Institute, through a careful and deliberative process, drafts and then publishes various restatements of the law and proposals for legal reform. Its projects generally are assigned to one of three broad…

  • Should Trusts file income tax returns to the IRS?

    Should Trusts file income tax returns to the IRS? Trusts must file a Form 1041, U.S. Income Tax Return for Estates and Trusts, for each taxable year where the trust has $600 in income or the trust has a non-resident alien as a beneficiary. However, if the trust is classified as a grantor trust, it…

  • JOSEFINA NAJARRO de SANCHEZ v. BANCO CENTRAL de NICARAGUA

    JOSEFINA NAJARRO De Sanchez v. Banco Central de Nicaragua United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 770 F.2d 1385 Decided September 19, 1985 GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge: Clausewitz once described war as politics carried on by other means. Here it could be said that litigation is war carried on by other means. The plaintiff’s…

  • Outline of International business transactions law 2

    International Business Transactions Law’s Role in Globalization – Role of the Contract o types of activities that produce economic activity depends on structures of contract in one form or another. o The contract may be simple or may be extremely complicated thing o Contracts mean something only to the extend that they can be enforced…