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U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs Work on Draft Convention |
It has been brought to our attention that the General Assembly expressly mandated the Commission to prepare a preliminary draft convention against the illicit traffic in narcotic drug and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
World |
Drug Enforcement |
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U.S. Customs Cancels Proposed Remote TV System on Canadian Border |
The border between Maine and Canada was to be the site for an elaborate cost-cutting program. The U.S. Customs Service was putting together the "Northern Border Enhancement" which reportedly... |
Peter Brown |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
United States |
Customs Enforcement |
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Book Reviews: II International Criminal Law Procedure by M. Cherif Bassiouni |
Volume II follows Volume I by dealing with the procedural aspects of international criminal law, which is also known as adjective international criminal law. The author also previously referred to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
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International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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ALI-ABA Program & Bilateral Agreements Highlight Securities Cooperation Program |
A program entitled "Transactional Commercial and Trade Litigation: Recent Developments" and new Memoranda of Understanding on the Sharing of Information in Matters Relating to Securities and Futures... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
United States |
Securities Exchange Commission |
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Book Reviews: Entertainment Industry Contracts: Negotiating and Drafting Guide, Edited by Donald C. Farber |
Criminal and civil enforcement of intellectual property rights abroad has increasingly become an area of concern for international lawyers drafting contracts for clients in the entertainment field. ... |
Jay Rosenthal |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
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Intellectual Property |
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U.S. Extradition Request of Lebanese from Germany Stirs Interest |
On January 19, 1987, the press widely reported that the United States filed papers with the West German government requesting the extradition of Mohammed Ali Hamadei, a Lebanese Shiite Moslem, wanted... |
Bruce Zagaris and Cornelia Beck |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
Germany |
Extradition |
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Swiss Double Criminality in Export Control Investigations |
The Swiss Supreme Court decided on July 14, 1986 that some enforcement meaures for judicial assistance benefitting the United States are proper even if there is no proven violation of a criminal law... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
Switzerland |
Export Enforcement |
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Extradition of a Jew By Israel? |
On December 22, 1986, The Israeli Supreme Court began the review of the extradition of a convicted Jewish murderer. William Nakash, who in France was sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia, fled... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke and Jay Rosenthal |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
Israel |
Extradition |
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INS Rules on Penalty of Transport Entities for Illegal Entries |
The January 16, 1987 issue of the Federal Register announced proposed rules to enforce the penalty provided in 8 U.S.C. 1321 on owners, masters, officers and agents of vessels, aircraft,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
United States |
Immigration |
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Customs Exchange of Information Regulations |
In order to strengthen enforcement under the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, the U.S. Treasury Department published a final rule on exchange of information with foreign agencies by the Customs Service... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Information Exchange |
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Publisher Contends Statute of Limits Bars Foreign Agent Prosecution |
In a case now pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, United States v. McGoff, involving the prosecution of Michigan newspaper publisher John Peter McGoff for failing to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Prosecution |
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Iranian Fights Rejection of Asylum Application |
Amir Charmchi remains in a detention center in New York. Federal District Judge Robert W. Sweet is expected to rule on the fate of this 24-year-old Iranian "refugee in orbit" who has twice been sent... |
Peter Brown |
2 |
12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Asylum |
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Book Review: Guide to Export Controls by Philip Ray, Jr. |
Guide to Export Controls provides hands-on guidance in the area of export control enforcement. The book can be recommended to anyone practicing in the field, both preventively, i.e. by determining... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Export Enforcement |
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Regulation Requires Signature of Exemption Requests under BSA |
On December 17, 1986, the Department of Treasury promulgated a final rule pursuant to the Anti-Drug Abuse Act., 51 F.R. 45108. The regulation incorporates the new Act's statutory amendments which... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy |
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Annual Report of Inter-American Human Rights Commission |
The Annual Report of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IACHR), 1985-86, contains a comprehensive discussion of the IACHR's work, resolutions on individual cases, the status of human rights... |
Cornelia Beck |
2 |
12 |
1986-12-01 |
Latin America and South America |
Human Rights |
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States Agree to Exchange Tax Info with Federal Intelligence |
The Internal Revenue Service in its Manual Transmittal 9781-88 of November 6, 1986 has provided supplemental information on the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) records. EPIC is a multi-agency... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Taxation |
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Decision on Multilateral Assistance Convention Postponed |
In recent weeks discussion has ensued over the OECD/Council of Europe draft Multilateral Convention on Mutual Adminstrative Assistance in Tax Matters (hereinafter "Draft Convention"). For instance... |
Bruce Zagaris and Clemens Kochinke |
2 |
12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
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West German Adopts Sanctions Against Syria |
On November 26 a court in West-Berlin sentenced Ahmed Nawaf Mansur Hasi and Farouk Salameh to 14 and 13 years in prison, respectively, for plantina a bomb at the German-Arab Friendship Society in... |
Anke Lilienthal |
2 |
12 |
1986-12-01 |
Syria |
Sanctions |
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U.S. Practitioners Discuss Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 |
On December 4, 1986 legal practitioners gathered in Washington, D.C. to discuss the implementation of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, Pub. L. 99-400. The panel discussion was sponsored... |
Louis E. Emery |
2 |
12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Civil Rights |
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Appointment of Counsel in Swiss Extradition Proceedings |
On September 2, 1986, Switzerland's highest court, the Federal Court of the Swiss Confederation in Lausanne, issued a judgment determining that a person subject to a foreign extradition request is... |
Clemens Kochinke and Cornelia Beck |
2 |
12 |
1986-12-01 |
Switzerland |
Extradition |