Summary of Intellectual Property Intellectual Property is, according withWilliam J. Miller, a general term covering industrial property such as patents, trademarks, and trade names, as well as literary and artistic property, including copyrights. Consideration of the meaning of the word […]
Kosovo in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): The Security Council continued to meet in 2011 to consider reports on the United Nations Administration in Kosovo ("UNMIK") and hear briefings by […]
In the United States For information about Political question doctrine in the context of international trade, click here Alaska v. Kerry: Act of State and Political Question Doctrines in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Alaska v. Kerry: Act of State and […]
Article I 1. Each State Party shall carry out the obligations set forth in this Treaty in accordance with its provisions, including those obligations relating to the following five categories of conventional armed forces: battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery, combat […]
Doe v Exxon Mobil in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): In 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit also decided a case involving the question of corporate liability under […]
Utah in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On November 22, 2011, the United States brought another action seeking to enjoin enforcement of new state measures regarding immigration. The United States […]
Visa Agreement Between the United States and Russia In relation to the international law practice and Visa Agreement Between the United States and Russia in this world legal Encyclopedia, please see the following section: Foreign Relations About this subject:
Transpacific Passenger Air Transportation Antitrust Litigation in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On January 21, 2011, the United States filed a statement of interest in the U.S. District Court for […]
South Carolina in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On October 31, 2011, the United States filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina seeking to block enforcement of […]
Alien Tort Claims Act and Torture Victim Protection Act In relation to the international law practice and alien tort claims act and torture victim protection act in this world legal Encyclopedia, please see the following section: Foreign Relations About this subject:
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In re Refined Petroleum Products Antitrust Litigation in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On February 8, 2011, the Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment in an opinion that accepted […]
A Corporation Can be Held Liable in a Federal Common Law Suit Based on the Alien Tort Statute For Violating the Law of Nations in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): Second, the reason why the […]
In Kiobel, et al., v Royal Dutch Petroleum, et al., lawyers for 12 individuals seeking to hold major oil companies legally responsible for human rights abuses in Nigeria in the 1990s have asked the Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court's ruling that corporations are immune to such […]
A Corporation Can be Held Liable in a Federal Common Law Suit Based on the Alien Tort Statute For Violating the Law of Nations in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): The second question presented is […]
Arbitration and Related Actions Arising From the Softwood Lumber Agreement in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): The United States has availed itself of the dispute resolution provisions under the 2006 […]
Act Of State Doctrine Summary of Act Of State Doctrine
A principle of international law that holds that the actions of a state, performed within its own boundaries are not subject to legal review in other countries. Some limitations on the doctrine have arisen in recent years, largely in […]
Zivotofsky in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): See Ch. 9.C. In relation to the international law practice and Zivotofsky in this world legal Encyclopedia, please see the following section: Trade, […]
United States Views By John B. Bellinger, III, Legal Adviser to the United States Secretary of State (2008): The Special Tribunal for Lebanon represents yet another model for international criminal justice. The Tribunal was created, in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1757, to […]
Service of Process in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): Section 1608(a) of the FSIA provides four methods of service of process on a foreign state: (1) by delivery of a copy of the summons and […]
Alien Tort Claims, Torture Victim Protection in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): The Alien Tort Claims Act ("ATCA"), also referred to as the Alien Tort Statute ("ATS"), was […]
Arizona in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): As discussed in World Encyclopedia of Law 2010 at 163-68, the United States sought and obtained a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of certain […]
Dominican Republic-central America-united States Free Trade Agreement (“cafta-dr”) in 2013 (Continuation) United States views on international law [1] in relation to Dominican Republic-central America-united States Free Trade Agreement (“cafta-dr”): TRANSPARENCY AND […]
Alien Tort Claims Act and Torture Victim Protection Act In relation to the international law practice and alien tort claims act and torture victim protection act in this world legal Encyclopedia, please see the following section: Foreign Relations About this subject:
Application of Claims and Extraterritorial Reach of Ats: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Extraterritorial Reach of Ats: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.: (As reviewed in this legal encyclopedia in relation to […]
Cross References of Foreign Relations in International Law Immigration and nationality, information on Nationality, Citizenship and Immigration in this legal Encyclopedia. International tribunals, information on International Criminal Law in this legal Encyclopedia.C. Protection of migrants, […]
New Start Treaty in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On February 5, 2011, the Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and […]
Act of State and Political Question Doctrines In relation to the international law practice and act of state and political question doctrines in this world legal Encyclopedia, please see the following section: Foreign Relations About this subject:
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Alien Tort Claims Act and Torture Victim Protection Act in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Alien Tort Claims Act and Torture Victim Protection Act: The Alien Tort Claims Act (“ATCA”), also referred to as the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”), […]
Sarei v Rio Tinto in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On October 25, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its second en banc decision in Sarei v. Rio Tinto, 2011 WL 5041927 […]
Cases Decided Subsequent to Kiobel: Balintulo v. Daimler ag (apartheid Litigation) in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Cases Decided Subsequent to Kiobel: Balintulo v. Daimler ag (apartheid Litigation): On August 21, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]
Alabama in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): 8. Alabama's H.B. 56 also must be viewed in the context of the recent proliferation of stringent state laws addressed to the issue of immigration […]
Alien Tort Statute (ATS) 1. Doe v. Exxon 2. Bowoto v. Chevron 3. Document Summary – Ministry of Defense v. Elahi 4. Doe I v. Lui Qui 5. Record – Aldana v. Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. 6. Aldana v. Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. 7. Presbyterian Church of Sudan v. Talisman Energy Inc.p 8. […]
Act of State and Political Question Doctrines In relation to the international law practice and act of state and political question doctrines in this world legal Encyclopedia, please see the following section: Foreign Relations About this subject:
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Executive Branch Discretion Over Foreign Relations in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Executive Branch Discretion Over Foreign Relations: Detroit International Bridge: Constitutionality of International Bridge Act On August 30, 2013, the United States filed […]
Mckesson v Iran in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On July 27, 2011, the United States filed a brief as amicus curiae in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the case […]
A Corporation Can be Held Liable in a Federal Common Law Suit Based on the Alien Tort Statute For Violating the Law of Nations In relation to the international law practice and A Corporation Can be Held Liable in a Federal Common Law Suit Based on the Alien Tort Statute For Violating the Law […]
Act of State Doctrine Application in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): A. Iran argues that the act of state doctrine prohibits United States courts from adjudicating this dispute. But the Supreme […]
Cases Decided Subsequent to Kiobel: Sarei v. Rio Tinto in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Cases Decided Subsequent to Kiobel: Sarei v. Rio Tinto: On June 28, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal […]
Extraterritorial Reach of Ats: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. in 2013 (Continuation) United States views on international law [1] in relation to Extraterritorial Reach of Ats: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.: III Petitioners contend that even if the presumption applies, the text, […]
Arms Embargoes in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): See information on Nationality, Citizenship and Immigration in this legal Encyclopedia6. In relation to the international law practice and Arms […]