Not exact matches
As a
rule of international law applicable in the relations between the parties, the Court
ruled that the principle
of self - determination had to be taken into account
when interpreting the territorial scope
of the AA in accordance with the
rule codified in Article 31 (3)(c) VCLT, and that the application to Western Sahara was thus excluded (Front Polisario paras 88 - 92).
This is noteworthy in and
of itself, as it firmly establishes the Court's jurisdiction
when it comes to reviewing the EU's
international agreements in light
of international law, albeit indirectly in the context
of ruling on the validity
of the EU act approving the
international agreement in question (Judgment paras 48 - 51).
It is anticipated that the new
law will provide a properly structured procedural framework for domestic and
international arbitrations seated in the UAE, with clear
rules on
when an award may be challenged, as well as easing the route to enforcement
of awards by giving arbitration awards the status
of court judgment which can be ratified in the UAE Courts (thereby avoiding lengthy enforcement proceedings).
Ralph Steinhardt has authored a case book on what he calls «intermestic
law,» that is the «the variety
of foreign, domestic, and
international sources from which domestic courts derive a
rule of decision, as well as the logistical difficulties they face
when rules, attorneys, clients, and issues show little if any respect for physical or political borders.»
Conflict
of laws, also known as private
international law, is a topic concerning the
rules governing what happens
when two or more legal systems clash in a private dispute.
Firstly, the Court stated that the GC had failed to consider «any relevant
rules of international law applicable in the relations between the parties»
when interpreting the Liberalisation Agreement (cf Article 31 (3)(c) VCLT).
Good progress was being made on
rule of law development at the national level
when Yemen was suddenly engulfed in an
international and violent conflict in which Iran and Saudi Arabia were the main actors.
This is where we hit a problem — you can only go to Strasbourg
when you have exhausted all domestic remedies «according to the generally recognised
rules of international law and within a period
of six months from the date on which the final decision was taken.»
Seriously, why should the Treaty provision
ruling out CJEU jurisdiction on CFSP be taken to
rule out ECtHR jurisdiction on the same issue,
when the Treaty is silent on that point, refers frequently to the ECHR, human rights and the
rule of law and provides expressly for ECHR accession, and
when the exclusion
of ECtHR jurisdiction is anathema to the basic principles
of international human rights
law?
Learning the
rules of the road and California traffic
laws can be a 30 - hour long, boring process
when students at Palos Verdes High School,
International Bilingual School or Chadwick School are forced to sit in a traditional Palos Verdes driving school classroom.
Family court matters are litigated on the state level in the United States, so there are 50 different sets
of laws to consider
when approaching
international custody
rulings.