French Administrative Tribunal Suspends Emergency Expulsion of Basque |
On January 27, 1987, the Administrative Court of Paul suspended an expulsion order against a Basque refugee. |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
2 |
1987-02-01 |
France |
Expulsion |
Nicaragua Withdraws Suit Against Costa Rica But Not Honduras |
On August 12, 1987, the Government of Nicaragua informed the World Court that it was withdrawing its case against Costa Rica, which it had alleged had tolerated Nicaraguan rebel operations based on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
8 |
1987-08-01 |
Nicaragua |
Lawsuits |
DOJ Delegates Prosecution of 6050I (Reporting Payments of $10,000) |
On March 4, 1987, Roger M. Olsen, Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, announced in Tax Division Directive 87-61 that U.S. Attorneys have been authorized to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
3 |
1987-03-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy |
Russian Drug Arrest of Swiss Citizen Indicates Increased Vigilance and Possible Increased Cooperation |
Following the September 1986 arrest of a Swiss citizen for drug smuggling at the Moscow airport, a Moscow City Court sentenced the defendant to imprisonment of work camp for five years. According to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
Russia |
Adjective Enforcement |
Swiss Lower House Approves Insider Trading Bill |
In the course of the Santa Fe investigation in which the Swiss Supreme Court for the first time upheld an order granting a U.S. judicial assistance request for insider trading, the United States and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
10 |
1987-10-01 |
Switzerland |
Trade Crimes |
Punishing International Terrorists: The Legal Framework for Policy Initiatives by John F. Murphy |
Punishing International Terrorists examines the legal framework for policy options within which government officials can combat terrorism. John Murphy, Professor of Law at Villanova University, has... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
3 |
1987-03-01 |
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Counter-terrorism |
International Criminal Law Committee of ABA Section of International Law Announces Agenda |
In a memorandum of January 2, 1986, William M. Hannay, Esq., Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, Chairman of the International Criminal Law Committee, Section of International Law and Practice,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
World |
International Criminal and Comparative Law |
Constitutionality of Prohibiting PLO Facilities in the U.S. |
The proposed "Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987", S.1203, is not violative of constitutional standards, and therefore is legally permissible in its content and purpose. There is no comparable statute... |
Dr. Robert A. Freidlander |
3 |
11 |
1987-11-01 |
United States |
Counter-terrorism |
Diplomatic Immunity Issues Cause Tensions between the U.K. and Iran |
Diplomatic tension soared during June within the spehere of UK-Iran relations over the classic public international law issue of the applicability of immunity for diplomats. Problems began in early... |
Teri Simmons |
3 |
6 |
1987-06-01 |
Iran |
Immunity |
Holocaust and Human Rights Laws |
The trials of Nazi persecutors have redefined municipal and international legal responses to atrocities committed by oppressive regimes. The Nuremberg tribunals and domestic trials in Europe, North... |
Leon Rodriguez |
3 |
4 |
1987-04-01 |
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Holocaust |
EPA Fines U.S. Importer for Failure to File Import Notices |
On October 30, 1987, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) assessed a $84,000 penalty against Albright & Wilson, Inc., a chemical manufacturer based in Richmond, Virginia for failing to file... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
12 |
1987-12-01 |
United States |
Environment |
GAO Reports Shows Criminal Aliens Deported not Listed in INS Info System |
A report of the General Accounting Office, entitled "Criminal Aliens Majority Deported From the New York City Area Not Listed in INS' Information Systems" (March 1987) indicates that the names and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
7 |
1987-07-01 |
United States |
Immigration |
Canada Ambassador Asserts Immunity to Subpoena in Deaver Case |
Just as the U.S. District Court had handed down a reprieve temporarily for Mr. Kimche to testify in the grand jury investigations in Iran-contra criminal investigations, another case was highlighting... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
5 |
1987-05-01 |
Canada |
Immunity |
Congressional Committee Urges Improved Management of Drug War |
A report issued by the Committee on Government Operations on June 25, 1987 urges improved management for the U.S. Government’s enforcement of its anti-narcotics policies. |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
8 |
1987-08-01 |
United States |
Drug Enforcement |
Abdallah Stands Trial and Is Sentenced to Life Imprisonment |
On January 28, the French Chamber of Accusation of the Court of Appeal of Paris rendered a decision ordering Georges Ibrahim Abdallah to stand trial for complicity in the 1982 assassinations of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
2 |
1987-02-01 |
France |
Terrorism |
Swiss Supreme Court Rules Geneva Bank Accounts in the Irangate Affair Must Be Opened to U.S. Investigators |
The long standing tensions between Switzerland and the U.S. relating to judicial assistance seem to have come to a close. The Swiss Government has announced that starting October 1, 1987, the... |
Peter Schibli, Basel (Switzerland) |
3 |
8 |
1987-08-01 |
Switzerland |
Banking Supervision |
State Dept Briefing on International Enforcement of US Narcotics Laws |
On February 27, 1987, the U.S. Department of State, the International Law Section of The Federal Bar Association, and the Inter-American Bar Foundation held a briefing on "Legal Aspects of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
3 |
1987-03-01 |
United States |
Drug Enforcement |
Bahamas Government Reportedly Commits to Signing MLAT with US |
According to a news report, Carol Hallet, the newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas, says the Bahamas Government has committed itself to signing a treaty of Mutual Legal Assistance with the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
Bahamas |
Adjective Enforcement |
U.S. Aid to Security Forces of El Salvador Reduced Because of Human Rights Violations |
On August 31, the Reagan Administration informed Congress that it intended to provide $9.1 million in aid, including weapons and training, to the security forces of El Salvador. This assistance... |
Dan Cohen |
3 |
10 |
1987-10-01 |
El Salvador |
Human Rights |
Book Review: Coping With U.S. Export Controls by Evan R. Berlack, Cecil Hunt and Terence Roche Murphy (eds.) |
Substantial sanctions and penalties await the violator of the Export Administration Act. Compliance with the Act and its regulations is difficult to achieve. This book addresses comprehensively the... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
3 |
3 |
1987-03-01 |
United States |
Export Enforcement |