Articles

E.g., 2026-10
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Canada Enacts Legislation on International Mutual Legal Assistance On September 30, 1988, the Canadian Government announced that the legislation to implement treaties on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters will come into force on October 1, 1988. Bruce Zagaris 4 10 1988-10-01 Canada Mutual Legal Assistance
Greek Appellate Court Orders Extradition of Palestinian to the U.S. On October 10, 1988, a Greek judicial council ordered the extradition to the United States of Mohammed Rashid, 39, a Palestinian accused of planting a bomb that killed one person and injured fifteen... Bruce Zagaris 4 10 1988-10-01 United States Extradition
MLATs Clear The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, But The Session Expires Without Their Ratification On September 27, 1985, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported out six Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (hereinafter MLATs) between the United States and six other nations.  The treaties with... Steve Smith 4 10 1988-10-01 United States Mutual Legal Assistance
U.S. 4th Circuit Issues Decision Favorable to Salvadoran Asylum On September 29, 1988, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit handed down a decision in the case of M.A. A26 85 1062 v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service that significantly... Bruce Zagaris 4 10 1988-10-01 El Salvador Immigration
Indictment of Marcos Raises Extraterritorial Jurisdiction and Other International Criminal Law Issues On October 21, 1988, a federal grand jury in Manhattan indicted former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda, on offenses ranging from racketeering, conspiracy and fraud, to... Bruce Zagaris 4 10 1988-10-01 United States Jurisdiction
Omnibus Drug Bill Passes and Has International Implications The "Omnibus Drug Initiative Act of 1988" (HR 5120) (hereinafter "The Act") passed the House by a vote of 375-30 on September 22, 1988.  The Act is an attempt by Congress to curb what many feel is... Steve Smith 4 9 1988-09-01 United States Drugs & Trafficking
Bahamas Representative Pursues Inquiry over Alleged Perjury On September 19, 1988, Ira DeMent, an attorney in Montgomery, Alabama, wrote to Attorney General Thornburgh, requesting that he investigate the claim, by the Government of the Bahamas, that two... Bruce Zagaris 4 9 1988-09-01 Bahamas Drugs & Trafficking
IRS International Tax Compliance Handbook Is Published A 3-volume loose-leaf work of the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS), containing a two-unit course on International Tax Issues, has been published for sale to interested professionals.  The... Bruce Zagaris 4 9 1988-09-01 World Taxation
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Votes on North, MLATs On September 27, 1988, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted, with only two dissenting votes, to favorably recommend ratification of the Bahamas and Mexico MLATs without any reservations. The... Clemens J.M. Kochinke and Steve Smith 4 9 1988-09-01 United States Counter-terrorism
ABA Committee Considers Criminal Law Issues in Doing Business Abroad On August 8, 1988, at the Annual Convention of the American Bar Association, the International Criminal Law Committee, Section of International Law & Practice, in cosponsorship with the Criminal... Bruce Zagaris 4 9 1988-09-01 United States Adjective Enforcement
Greek Court Defers Palestinian Extradition Hearing for U.S. Request On September 5, 1988, Court of Appeals Judge Stavros Gardiokiotos, presiding over a three-member appeals council, postponed for the second time a hearing on the United States Government's request to... Bruce Zagaris 4 9 1988-09-01 Greece Extradition
Senate Foreign Relations Committee MLAT Vote Postponed On August 11, 1988, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee cancelled the scheduled meeting to vote on the six pending Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs) due to a lack of quorum.  Bruce Zagaris 4 8 1988-08-01 United States Mutual Legal Assistance
House Considers International Securities Enforcement Bill On August 3, 1988, the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives, held a hearing on H.R. 4945, the "International Securities... Bruce Zagaris 4 8 1988-08-01 Securities Trade Enforcement
British Court Grants Canada's Extradition Request for Sikh On August 9, 1988, a British court ordered the extradition of Inderjit Singh Reyat, who is wanted in British Columbia in connection with a bombing at a Tokyo airport in 1985.  After an eleven day... Bruce Zagaris 4 8 1988-08-01 United States Extradition
Trinidad Prime Minister Reiterates Call for International Commission of Inquiry On August 9, 1988, in an address at the American Bar Association's Annual Convention in Torontom Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister A.N.R. Robinson repeated his call for the establishment of an... Bruce Zagaris 4 8 1988-08-01 Trinidad and Tobago Investigation
INS Recommends Preservation of Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments Act In a report of May 11,1988, Immigration and Naturalization Service Commissioner Alan C. Nelson recommended that the Immigration Marriage Fraud Amerndments Act (IMFA) of 1986 be kept intact.  The IMFA... Bruce Zagaris 4 8 1988-08-01 United States Immigration
Commission of the European Communities' Green Paper on Copyright and the Challenge of Technology On June 7, 1988 the Commission of the European Communities released a Communication from the Commission entitled "Green Paper on Copyright and the Challenge of Technology- Copyright Issues Requiring... Jay A. Rosenthal, Esq. 4 8 1988-08-01 Europe Copyright
Bill Imposing Tougher Sanctions Against South Africa Progresses In February 1987, Representative Ron Dellums (D-CA) and Senator Alan Cranston (D-CA) introduced HR.1589 and S.556 to impose comprehensive sanctions against South Africa.  The bills would amend the... Steve Smith 4 8 1988-08-01 South Africa Human Rights
Inter-American Court Finds Honduras Guilty of Disappearance On July 29, 1988, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereafter the "Court") in a far-reaching opinion ruled in favor of Juan Manfredo Velasquez Rodriguez, ordering payment of damages by the... Ricardo Martinez Tanoira and Bruce Zagaris 4 8 1988-08-01 Honduras Human Rights
Court Finds Jurisdiction Over Department of Commerce Reversal of Export Control Denial In a landmark decision in Dart v. United States on May 31, 1988, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found, per Mikva, Circuit Judge, that judicial review of export... Ralph J. Mehnert 4 8 1988-08-01 United States Export Enforcement

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