Articles in Channel: International Law

China’s Naked Government Experiment Is Revealing

Stan Abrams
March 16, 2010 13:00

I was skeptical of this initiative. Having local government officials publish expenditures online would make for some decent BBS and blog chatter, but little of real interest would be revealed. All the good stuff would no doubt be hidden away from public view in the “real” accounting...

Bookselling Without Borders… Or Barnes and Noble

Pamela Pengelley
March 16, 2010 12:17

Michael Geist has an article in the March 15, 2010 Toronto Star with which I find myself in total agreement. The specific issue is about the move by Amazon.ca to gain government approval to set up a physical operation in Canada, including assuming responsibility for distribution of its products – r...

The Latest US-China Currency Spat: All You Need to Know About US Politics

Stan Abrams
March 16, 2010 09:26

No econ knowledge necessary to understand this one. There is an election coming up in the US this Fall and, although the economy is growing, it is a jobless recovery. In other words, people are upset and Obama/Democrats are feeling the heat. Good summary of the issue here: [T]he real problem is the...

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Vihar Georgiev
March 16, 2010 08:13

We know that some measures will be taken to support Greece. The decision was taken during a meeting of the eurogroup on Monday. Officially we don’t know what the measures will be. Unofficially we know that most likely they will come in the form of coordinated bilateral loans. The final decision w...

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Vihar Georgiev
March 16, 2010 07:53

The Council conclusions on biodiversity reveal a disparaging truth: we have failed to reach our own targets for prevention of biodiversity loss. The document says that both the EU and the global biodiversity 2010 targets have not been met and that biodiversity loss continues at an unacceptable rate...

How To Get An Export License in 7 Steps

March 16, 2010 03:49

 There’s never been a better time to expand your business internationally. Opening up revenue streams from other parts of the word is one of the best way to send your sales soaring to new heights. The good news is that most products can be exported without having to obtain a U.S. export...

Obama Hints at Specific Export Reforms

March 16, 2010 01:30

Last week, in his speech before the Ex-Im Bank, President Obama provided some details about the specific export control reforms which might be in the offing. The first relates to our ludicrously archaic and burdensome system of encryption controls. Obama promised to streamline the review process...

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Dan Michaluk
March 16, 2010 01:24

Today, the British Columbia Court of Appeal held that the police did not violate section 8 of the Charter by conducting aerial surveillance of a rural property from in excess of 1000 feet by using a digital camera equipped with a telephoto lens. The police obtained  a search warrant based partly on ...

State Aids, National Courts and Commission Procedures: Case C-1/90

March 15, 2010 22:08

The Court of Justice has handed down a quick judgment in Case C-1/90 CELF that clears up the situation of national courts seised of an action for the recovery of unlawful state aid pending a decision of the Commission on...The Court of Justice has handed down a quick judgment in Case C-1/90 CELF...

Leave to appeal granted by the SCC in Métis Status Case

March 15, 2010 16:32

Case considered: Cunningham v. Alberta (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), 2009 ABCA 239, leave to appeal granted March 11, 2010 On March 11, 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada (Justices McLachlin, Abella and Rothstein) granted leave to appeal to the Alberta government in Her Majesty the...