Sentences with phrase «as international comity»

The recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments is typically something determined by local law as well as international comity and reciprocity.

Not exact matches

The Nigerian ambassador pledged that the missions» would continue to bring their expertise to bear on the international stage so as to lift the flag of Nigeria high among the comity of nations.

International comity prevents disclosure of prosecution documents in family proceedings, as David Burrows reports

-- Whether the case is interprovincial or international in nature, and comity and the standards of jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement prevailing elsewhere are relevant considerations, not as independent factors having more or less equal weight with the others, but as general principles of private international law that bear upon the interpretation and application of the real and substantial connection test.

The case has drawn interest from more than a dozen interveners, including the Attorneys General of Ontario and Canada, as well as a number of civil rights and media organizations, who have weighed in on how such an order would affect free speech rights, international comity, and access to justice.

Lord Mance (with Lords Neuberger, Clarke, Wilson and Lady Hale) held that the principle of state immunity (as provided for in both customary international law and the State Immunity Act 1978) was based on the sovereign equality of states and international comity.

There is a long - established legal presumption that a statute should be interpreted and applied, as far as its language admits, so that it is not inconsistent with the comity of nations and established rules of international law.