Over at Opinio Juris, prominent international law scholar Peter Spiro criticizes Eugene Volokh's and (by implication) my claim that U.S. should try to block the overriding of domestic
law by international law norms.
Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment
by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders
by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or
international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental
laws, such as U.S. export control
laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery
laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental
laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax
law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending
by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign
laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
That database, obtained from Panama City
law firm Mossack Fonseca and made public
by the
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, showed Amin and Mansoor Lalji have an ownership position in the J.W. Marriott Las Vegas Resort and Rampart Casino, and brother Shiraz Lalji has connections to Oakdene Finance Ltd., a holding company based in the British Virgin Islands.
Saudi Arabia wants to turn hundreds of kilometers of its Red Sea coastline into a global tourism destination governed
by laws «on par with
international standards» as part of its plan to transform the economy and reduce its reliance on oil.
The news comes from a report issued Thursday
by the Secure Our Smartphones («S.O.S.») Initiative, an
international partnership of
law - enforcement agencies, elected officials, and consumer advocates headed
by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón, and London Mayor Boris Johnson.
In April, Assistant Secretary for
International Markets and Investment Heath Tarbert said the United States is considering ways to restrict sensitive Chinese investments in the United States
by invoking an emergency powers
law and bringing forward some security review reforms for corporate acquisitions.
But
international law expert Rebecca Shaeffer told Michael Day of The Independent that «if Ms. Knox were definitely convicted and extradition were refused
by the U.S., there are other things that Italy might do.»
And let's not forget Yahoo's confession that hackers actually managed to pilfer data for all 3 billion of its users in 2013, followed
by the
international Appleby
law firm announcing the loss of 13.4 million legal documents known now as The Paradise Papers.
The U.S. and Papua New Guinea are the only countries among 185 nations and territories that hadn't imposed government - mandated
laws requiring employers to pay mothers while on leave with their babies, according to a study released last year
by the United Nations»
International Labor Organization.
If you are in any industry that buys goods that at some point cross an
international border, you are impacted
by trade
laws and tariffs.
Trump has vowed to rewrite some
international trade deals, including the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico that was signed into
law in 1994
by Clinton's husband, then - President Bill Clinton.
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The government followed up
by making an illegal gift to American car manufacturers
by saying «We're going to break
international law and only give subsidies to U.S. auto companies, not foreign - owned companies in the United States.
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«I expect protracted negotiations as the
international organizations will ask for more than amending the central bank
law,» Daniel Bebesy, who helps oversee $ 1.5 billion mostly in Hungarian government bonds at Budapest Fund Management, said
by phone today.
Conflicts of National
Laws with
International Business Activity: Issues of Extraterritoriality, British - North American Committee 30,
by A.H. Hermann.
And according to an article in the Journal of Conflict and Security
Law by David Fidler, a professor of law at Indiana University, the current international law is «not well positioned to support responses to terrorist cyberattacks,» and there are no «strong incentives» for states to develop international law against this threat due to the relative dearth of these occurrenc
Law by David Fidler, a professor of
law at Indiana University, the current international law is «not well positioned to support responses to terrorist cyberattacks,» and there are no «strong incentives» for states to develop international law against this threat due to the relative dearth of these occurrenc
law at Indiana University, the current
international law is «not well positioned to support responses to terrorist cyberattacks,» and there are no «strong incentives» for states to develop international law against this threat due to the relative dearth of these occurrenc
law is «not well positioned to support responses to terrorist cyberattacks,» and there are no «strong incentives» for states to develop
international law against this threat due to the relative dearth of these occurrenc
law against this threat due to the relative dearth of these occurrences.
Under English
law, which often applies to such policies involving
international trade, because insurance contracts are «of the utmost good faith», the policyholder is required to disclose all «material» facts to the insurance company even if no question is asked
by the insurance company.
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The files of Panama
law firm Mossack Fonseca had been obtained
by German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and were revealed in a global collaboration
by the
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
Simon has advised more than 10 ICO projects globally and contributes to eCoinomic.net
by providing an in - depth knowledge of
international law, as well as advising and reviewing new blockchain regulations in various jurisdictions.
Some of the risks of investing in real estate include changing
laws, including environmental
laws; floods, fires, and other Acts of God, some of which can be uninsurable; changes in national or local economic conditions; changes in government policies, including changes in interest rates established
by the Federal Reserve; and
international crises.
Mr. Ellenoff was invited
by Business
Law Section and the
International Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) to speak at at a Webcast titled: The SEC»S Crowdfunding Proposal — A Preliminary Look.
Mr. Ellenoff was invited
by Business
Law Section and the
International Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) to speak at a Webcast titled: The SEC»S Crowdfunding Proposal — A Preliminary Look.
But, as Weigel has asked, «Can we not say that last resort has been satisfied in those cases when a rogue state has made plain,
by its conduct, that it holds
international law in contempt and that no diplomatic solution to the threat it poses is likely, and when it can be demonstrated that the threat the rogue state poses is intensifying?»
It only implicitly condemns Russia's annexation of Crimea
by urging respect for
international law.
«Given the benchmarks established
by international law and universal legitimacy, and in light of the support offered
by the Christian Church in the Holy Land, we believe Palestinians should also have a state that they can at long last call home.
In the face of technical developments, which long ago made local and
international radio - telephony possible, and which constantly opened up new wavebands for television — in the UHF band alone, the dissemination of numerous programs in one locality is possible without interference, not to mention the possibilities offered
by wired and satellite television — the prevailing
laws for control of the air are anachronistic.
It continues: «It is right for the British government to comment on hostile actions
by foreign states in breach of
international law wherever they occur - on UK territory, in Syria or in Yemen.
The openhearted observer of Islam in the West can discern the shape of hope in the increasing willingness of people of the two faiths to come together for dialogue and consultation on the mutual problems they face; in the reevaluation of Islam forced upon Muslims
by their minority status in many places; and in the development of the concept of
international law and universal human rights.
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Perhaps John of Salisbury would remind us today that the only
laws in conformity with equity are those that protect the sacredness of human life and reject the licitness of abortion, euthanasia and bold genetic experimentation, those
laws that respect the dignity of marriage between a man and a woman, that are inspired
by a correct secularism of the State, a secularism that always entails the safeguard of religious freedom and that pursues subsidiarity and solidarity at both the national and the
international level.
Bibi's death sentence was upheld
by the Muslim - majority nation's Supreme Court in October 2014, reigniting
international disapproval of Pakistan's blasphemy
law.
If ethics is allowed to be controlled
by the
laws of any individual state there is a danger of returning to legal positivism, where the
laws of a single state are allowed to contradict universal human rights, allowing residents of that state «legally» to carry out actions that are totally unacceptable to the
international community and the Catholic Church.
«The Government of Israel is bound
by the same standards of
international law as any other nation.
War is a particular demonstration of the power of sin in the world and a defiance of the righteousness of God as revealed in Jesus Christ and him crucified» Yet the conference accepted the idea that criteria exist
by which some wars can be regarded as just: to defend
international law, or to vindicate «an essential Christian principle» such as the defense of «victims of wanton aggression.»
It goes on to call for recognizing the legitimacy of a religious worldview «as a basis for socially significant action (including those taken
by state) and as an essential factor which should influence the development (amendment) of
international law and the work of
international organizations.»
He said the pessimist in him mocked his receipt of a degree in
law when «
law is ever more a hollow word, resonant but empty, in a world increasingly dominated
by force,
by violence,
by fraud,
by injustice,
by avarice — in a word,
by egoism»; when civil
law permits «the progressive and rapid increase of oppressed people who continue being swept toward ghettos, without work, without health, without instruction, without diversion and, not rarely, without God»; when under so - called
international law «more than two - thirds of humanity (exist) in situations of misery, of hunger, of subhuman life»; and when agrarian
law or spatial
law permits «today's powerful landowners to continue to live at the cost of misery for unhappy pariahs»; and whereby «modern technology achieves marvels from the earth with an ever - reduced number of rural workers (while) those not needed in the fields live sublives in depressing slums on the outskirts of nearly all the large cities.»
Although further U.S. aid to El Salvador seems a foregone conclusion, some congress people hope to make it conditional on assurances of open access to provide help to civilian victims of the civil war — a right recognized
by international law.
Tony Blair ignored
international law by supporting sanctions on Iraq even when he knew that several hundred thousand children were dying as a direct result of those sanctions.
Johnson reviews noncombatancy and discrimination as they have been articulated and reaffirmed
by official religious statements, scholars and
international law since then.
Recovery of that which has been wrongly taken and punishment of evildoing are not explicitly named as justifications for the use of armed force
by states in
international law, but arguably they have been subsumed into the concept of self - defense: the former being recast as defense against an armed attack still in progress, as in the recovery of Kuwait from Iraq in 1991, the latter being recast as the right of retaliation.
Today, admittedly, the vagueness of 2 and its ultimate basis upon inner - change has been dropped
by many progressivist idealists in favor of 3a or 3b: a very - tight system of
International Law, or an «EU for the world,» will save us.
It is, at least, apparent that the debates about humanitarian intervention
by military force in the last decade, about the creation of
international criminal tribunals in a number of cases, about the idea of a state's «universal jurisdiction» in cases of violations of the Genocide Convention or other «crimes against humanity,» about how far the global war on terror may proceed without violating the rights of states, and most recently, about the United - States - led use of force against the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, have all raised important points of positive and customary
international law, and that in every one of these cases the outcome remains unsettled.
It is grossly unjust, though it is now legitimized under the prevailing positive
international law and the United Nations Organization set up
by the victors of World War II after 1945.
By filing a lawsuit to set aside the Mexico City policy on the basis of «
international law» created outside the American political system, the CRLP has demonstrated that it firmly believes that «
international law» (which has little if anything to do with the will of the American people or the representatives they elect to govern them) is nevertheless enforceable against the American people and, ultimately, the people of the world.
Moreover, it is generally accepted that Congress can set aside customary
international law by statute and thereby make it unenforceable in U.S. courts» thus, there is a powerful democratic «check» on the UN process.