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22 Nov 2008, 1:55 am
., however, to the extent that international law is operative, that is because it is incorporated either through treaty or through the Paquete Habana's principle that "International law is part of our law," but in either case, international law only operates to the extent that it is consistent with the U.S. [read post]
11 Sep 2007, 11:43 pm
The Office of the Federal Public Defender represented Emmanuel.This summer the prosecution won the 1st round: in a 14-page opinion that surveyed international law as well as U.S. foreign relations law chestnuts like Paquete Habana, Judge Altonaga (right) denied a motion calling for dismissal of the 1st indictment on the following grounds: absence of authority under Article I of the Constitution to enact the statute; absence of congressional "authority to apply criminal laws… [read post]
