New answers tagged international
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Reports I've seen are that these seed shipments have false customs declarations, claiming that they contain something else, e.g. this one which was declared as "ring". That would violate 18 USC 542:
Whoever enters or introduces, or attempts to enter or introduce, into the commerce of the United States any imported merchandise by means of any ...
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Ordinarily, these matters are governed by the Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of Treaties ("the Convention").
Assuming Ruritania ratified the Convention
One could conceivably argue that Evilstan colonised Ruristan and therefore under Article 16 of the Convention, New Ruristan receives a "clean slate". This means it is ...
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There don't appear to be any relevant sexual offences committed here. However, the 17 year old UK person may be guilty of the improper use of public electronic communications network contrary to Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003:
(1) A person is guilty of an offence if he—
(a) sends by means of a public electronic communications network a message ...
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I have to challenge the question's frame in this answer. To say that such marriages are prohibited implies that they are forbidden. But there is nothing in Israel's law that forbids them.
Israel does not have any legal framework for state officials to officiate marriages. It does, however, recognize as legitimate all marriages performed by all clergy and ...
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The law originated under the Ottoman Empire from a general principle of Islamic law regarding dhimmi, non-Muslims in a Muslim state subject to that state's legal protection. Where Shari`ah governs certain aspects of life (marriage, inheritance, contract) for Muslims, each religious community can have their own system of laws. The practice dates back to the ...
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The whole institution of marriage is subject to arbitrary interpretation/twisting within/by any sovereign jurisdiction. Countries are normally within their rights to recognise marriages subject to any conditions they like, or even completely repudiate the institution of marriage altogether.
Is there an international law to protect his/her rights to marry to ...
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There are two "international law" courts, the ICC and ICJ. The ICC is generally for crimes, for example, it is currently investigating for Israel for "war crimes" against Palestine. The ICJ makes more sense here, as it can deal with individuals whose rights are supposedly being violated by states. But member states need to first accept ...
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Westphalian Sovereignty
Israel has decided that this is the law in Israel and they are the only one who gets a say in this.
The concept of the modern nation-state can trace its origins to the Treaty of Westphalia (possibly - there is disagreement among historians and political scientists but for our purposes we'll just let them get on with it) which ended ...
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The exchange rates that you are looking for is reported at this Department of Treasury website. Historical rates are available at a website linked to on this Department of Treasury page.
Resources from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service regarding how to apply these laws is found at the IRS website, which strictly speaking applies only to federal taxes and not ...
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You're largely correct, though there's some vocabulary you're using that could go either way in terms of proper understanding. My comments on your understanding, presuming we're dealing with two Berne countries (UCC is largely irrelevant these days):
My understanding of copyright is that it grants the author an exclusive right to distribute their work in ...
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There is no copyrighting names
There are personality rights and trademark issues
Personality rights are easy - Nietzsche is dead, he doesn’t have any.
Trademarks (which can be registered or common-law) apply to business usage and are limited by geography and product time. If no one is already using the name for your product in your market, you can.
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The premise of the question is wrong: The U.S. has no authority or means to compel a company not under its jurisdiction to send it taxes taxes.
Furthermore, the U.S. government has no general "consumption tax." Many (but not all) states and municipalities have different "sales and use tax" rates, and different goods and services to which ...
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In North Carolina NC Gen. Stat 14-12.3 prohibits certain secret societies, namely those whose purpose is to violate or circumvent laws of the state.
It shall be unlawful for any person to join, unite himself with,
become a member of, apply for membership in, form, organize, solicit
members for, combine and agree with any person or persons to form or
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They are legal on the face of it but very hard to regulate as they have to be shown to exist to begin with and have a discernable effect.
Although there have been attempts like the Unlawful Societies Act 1799 or the declarations requirements for Masons (phased out in England but still applicable in Scotland particularly for the Scottish Parliament and ...
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