Articles in Channel: International Law

U.S. Customs Seizures and Forfeitures are Unique

September 07, 2010 01:32

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (U.S. Customs or CBP) seizes and forfeits hundreds of millions of dollars of merchandise every year.  The IRS, DEA, U.S. Postal Service, and other Federal agencies also have the legal authority to seize and forfeit merchandise that were allegedly used...

Court Allows Suit Against Spain for Nazi Stolen Art

September 06, 2010 14:36

As a case of first impression, the United States Appeals Court for the  Ninth Circuit  ruled that  the expropriation exception of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(3), applies even though  the foreign state (against...

Investors First

Sandeep Parekh
September 06, 2010 04:55

I just came across a site called Investorfirst.in of the National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM). NISM is a body founded by SEBI for several objectives including for investor education (primarily through certification and training the trainers). Though the site doesn’t have much...

Be My Guest

bystander@hotmail.co.uk
September 06, 2010 00:08

The comments on this blog give a lot of pleasure and a deal of enlightenment, Just one thing though - if you post as Guest, can you just put some distinguishing detail, because these days we often get more than one guest on a thread.As administrator, I can see the IP addresses of all commenters,...

Justice In Camera

bystander@hotmail.co.uk
September 05, 2010 09:09

This is an unpleasant story about an experienced police officer, who has been convicted of assault. As ever, these incidents are never completely straightforward, and I suspect that the victim was no angel; she certainly doesn't look compliant in the pictures, but of course that cannot justify her...

152815628

Dan Michaluk
September 03, 2010 23:15

Here are some links from within the domain: RT @slaw_dot_ca Cleaning files from hard drives — Slaw http://bit.ly/dwMPXp [Commented on it.] Tax accountant privilege http://bit.ly/aBe6gh NPR: University Attendance Scanners Make Some Uneasy-More at http://n.pr/129482104 RT @slaw_dot_ca Authentication a...

A Value-based Client-firm Relationship: Part XII

September 03, 2010 15:25

 Process Mapping Primer  Week 12. Each week via the In-House ACCess blog, follow the promise and pitfalls of forming a new value-based client-firm relationship. ACC Value Challenge steering committee member Ken Grady, General Counsel and Secretary of Wolverine World Wide, offered to...

Beyond parody: Miss World and South Lanarkshire

Jonathan Mitchell
September 03, 2010 14:09

I’ve said before that Mr Justice Albie Sachs of the South African Constitutional Court is one of the great judges of our time. One of his great writings is his concurring opinion in the case of Laugh It Off Promotions CC v South African Breweries International (Finance) BV, [2005] ZACC 7, in...

160: nationally significant infrastructure project documentation published

Angus Walker
September 03, 2010 13:37

This is entry number 160, first published on 3 September 2010, of a blog on the implementation of the Planning Act 2008. Click here for a link to the whole blog. If you would like to be notified when the blog is updated, with links sent by email, click here. Today's entry reports on the...

viharg

Vihar Georgiev
September 03, 2010 07:55

Statewatch has published a restricted access report by EUROPOL, EUROJUST and FRONTEX on the state of internal security in the European Union. A selection of the findings (I have underlined some sections): The affluent consumer base and open business environment … Continue reading...