Lawsuits could surface based upon negligence of a third person. Any time something outside of the agreement or damage of property by an employee the company would be held liable for this negligence. Also Gentura could violate its non-disclosure agreement and eventually sell CadMex’s ownership information to the highest…
The Court has since stated that the ATS provides “a cause of action for [a] modest number of international law violations.” To discern if a modern offense also violates the law of nations, which is also known as customary international law, courts will examine whether the offense “rest[s] on a norm of international character accepted by the civilized world and defined with specificity comparable to the features of the 18th century paradigms.” Further, a customary norm should be “specific, universal, and…
Six months ago, Antiques R Us (a Canadian corporation) entered into a contract with Yankee Antiques (an American company) to purchase “a desk used by George Washington himself after his retirement from the Presidency”. The sum of $500,000 was to be paid to Yankee Antiques after 30 days of delivery of the desk.…
The citizenship status of the criminals in this case are that they are citizens of The Federal Republic of Nigeria. The criminals do not have dual citizenship status, so they are not United States citizens and fall outside of the jurisdiction of the U.S. This will require The United States to bring the case to the International Criminal Court, where the Prosecutor will investigate and decide if charges will be brought. This limits and slows down the ability of The United States to apprehend, charge, and prosecute the criminal on their own by having to follow the process that the International Criminal Court has established. If the International Criminal Court denies the request, than the United States will not be able to pursue any charges.…
I frequently read newspapers as I see it as a priority to keep up to date with the latest headlines around the world. I find it particularly interesting how International law differs from English law and I am keen to gain a better understanding of how the law shapes and influences international…
The media is one that in any major event plays a vital role in getting a reaction to the case from the public. In the Diane Brimble case the media played a major role throughout the whole trial as well as before and after which had a massive impact on the public’s view towards the case and what information they knew about it.…
a) In theory, the currency fluctuation may be covered by the open-price term when both two parties use different kinds of currency. However, in this case, the currency fluctuation may not be covered by the open-price term in the contract between the importer and the distributor because both of them use the same kind of currency, the U.S. dollar. Therefore, the increased costs request from the importer may not be reasonable.…
International Law is the law that governs the relations among states and other international legal persons, and regulates relations between states. The sources of International Law are customs grown up among states and lawmaking treaties concluded by them. There is no “black or white” answer, the most agreed upon common ground for the description of sources is found, although not exhaustively, in article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice. Stating that treaties are the main source, then come customs, after those general principles of law recognized by civilized countries, and finally judicial decisions and teachings of the most highly qualifies publicist of the various nations.…
Base on the fact and rules bind this paper gives dispassionate advice to the Australia Government in a legal memorandum form, use an IRAC stage to discuss the related legislations and agreements occurred in the measure fact. Respectively some evidence are somehow lack or outmoded, dynamic evidences should be employ in case to sure the applicable.…
After twelve years of its creation, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has brought 23 cases in eight countries, all of which have been in Africa. Only two have resulted in convictions, relatively obscure Congolese rebel leaders. Though there are over 139 countries that have signed the treaty, the United States, Russia, China and every Arab Nation have decided not to join. Some of the most horrific crimes against humanity have happened outside of the jurisdiction of the ICC.…
Many controversies have arisen nowadays as to whether international law is “natural law”, international law now faces considerable criticism as to its effectiveness as law and doubts as to its actual existence, and its power to bind countries .…
The United States of America has a long history of support for international criminal justice that can be traced from the Nürnberg War Crimes Trial through to the International Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia (“ICTY”) and Rwanda (“ICTR”).[1] Towards the close of the century, the United States proved itself as an ardent supporter for the creation of a permanent international criminal tribunal.[2] Yet in July 1998, when the vote on the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (“Rome Statute”) was called, the United States not only sided with Libya, Iraq, and Yemen against the International Criminal Court (“ICC”),[3] but even took active steps to oppose the court.[4]…
3. Peru counter-claim that Haya de la Torre was an accused of a common crime was rejected; therefore it was not in accordance with Article I, Paragraph I of the Havana convention.…
There is no international parliament to make and enforce laws thus international laws are created through a variety of ways such as legal decisions.…
The judgment of a foreign court is enforced on the principle that where a court of competent jurisdiction has adjudicated upon a claim, a legal obligation arises to satisfy that claim. The rules of private international law of each State must in the very nature of things differ, but by the comity of nations certain rules are recognized as common to civilized jurisdictions. Through part of the judicial system of each State these common rules have been adopted to adjudicate upon disputes involving a foreign element and to effectuate judgments of foreign courts in certain matters, or as…