Tag: Canada
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The Digest
The Digest Introduction “Some (…) legal encyclopedias or digests have very limited case coverage. And the criteria for exclusion of cases are either unstated or non-existent (that is, inclusion is arbitrary or random). Severe geographical or date restrictions probably have been used, and getting access to older editions of encyclopedias or digests is difficult, especially…
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Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
Summary of Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act An act of Congress passed in 1976 and having effect from January 19, 1977, clarifying the circumstances under which foreign states, their political subdivisions, and state-owned corporations may lose sovereign immunity and become subject to the […]
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Amicus Curiae in International Investment Arbitration
Amicus Curiae in International Investment Arbitration Note: this entry is a continuation of the entry about the Participation of Amici Curiae in NAFTA Chapter Eleven Cases. By Andrea K. Bjorklund (March 22, 2002) What Value Can The Proposed Amici Add The question of the movant’s interest must inevitably be bound up with the substantive knowledge…
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Amici Curiae in NAFTA Cases
Public attention to cases brought under NAFTA Chapter Eleven has grown commensurately with the increased numbers of those cases. While media coverage has increased, most of that attention stems from particular interest groups. Many of these groups are not satisfied with newspaper reports or government-supplied information available on the internet, but wish to participate more…
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Ata Carnet
A document that can be used to effect the temporary admission of certain items into a country without completing normal customs formalities. The ATA is derived from the combination of the French and English terms Admission Temporaire-—Temporary Admission. A carnet is issued by the local […]
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TIR Convention
An international agreement designed to speed international cargo movements across third countries en route to final destination. Originally established in 1949 as a means of speeding European road transportation, the convention now applies to other modes of transport as well. Basically, each […]
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Paris Convention
Known formally as the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, an international agreement formulated to protect rights to industrial property including inventions, trademarks, service marks, trade names, and appellations of origin. The substantive provisions of the convention […]
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International Commodity Organization
An organization of the producing nations of a particular commodity. The principal motive for the organization is to foster price collaboration among the producers; the organization may establish buffer stocks to prevent wide swings in the market price of the commodity. The principal […]
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Paris Club
Also known as the Group of Ten, an informal association of creditor nations which since 1956 has held informal meetings among senior financial officers of the member states to discuss international financial and trade conditions. Participating nations are: Belgium Italy Canada JaPan…