Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Proposed Legislation to Combat Terrorism Combatting terrorism has become a focal point of U.S. foreign policy and a concern of Americans both at home and abroad.  The number of terrorist-related incidents in recent weeks underscores the... Doris Weidinger and Bruce Zagaris 2 5 1986-05-01 United States Counter-terrorism
Hearings on Anti-Terrorism and War Powers Act The Arms Control, International Security and Science Affairs Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee held hearings to examine the role of Congress in the war against international... Doris Weidinger 2 5 1986-05-01 United States Counter-terrorism
Australia Enacts Liberalized Extradition Legislation Australia has enacted a statute containing liberalized extradition procedures, facilitating the extradition of fugitives both to and from Australia.  Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2... Bruce Zagaris 2 5 1986-05-01 Australia Extradition
Australia Becomes Active in Promoting International Criminal Cooperation In an updated text dated March 21, 1986, of a speech delivered on October 2, 1985, Mr. Lionel Bowen, the Deputy Prime Minister, elaborated on Australia's continuing fight against crime, including its... Bruce Zagaris 2 5 1986-05-01 Australia Adjective Enforcement
Computer Crimes: Combining to Face an International Challenge Within the last several years, the international community has become increasingly alert to the need to take effective action to combat the international aspects of computer-related crime. T. Michael Peay 2 5 1986-05-01 World Computer Crimes
AILA Endorses the Establishment of Project for Asylum Appeals The American Immigration Lawyers Association Committee on Asylum and Refugees in a report to the Board of Governors has endorsed and supports the establishment of a national project to coordinate... Bruce Zagaris 2 5 1986-05-01 United States Asylum
AILA Prepares to Help Fight INS Investigations Against Attorneys At its Board of Governors Meeting on March 14, 1986, AILA has reacted strongly to what it considers use of unfair tactics by the U.S. Government and particularly to increased investigatory operations... Bruce Zagaris 2 5 1986-05-01 United States International Law
U.S. Approves Haitian Assistance & Haitian Cooperation on Illegal Migration On February 25, 1986, Secretary of State George Shultz signed a determination that will permit the obligation of fiscal (FY) 1986 funds for certain forms of assistance to Haiti.  Due to serious... Bruce Zagaris 2 4 1986-04-01 Haiti Adjective Enforcement
Customs Report Highlights Enforcement Success in 1985 The just-published annual report of the U.S. Customs Service tells of a change from an administrative collection bureau to a border enforcement agency.  In the course of a major centralization effort... Clemens J.M. Kochinke 2 4 1986-04-01 United States Adjective Enforcement
AILA Defends the Right to Counsel in Immigration Cases The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has adopted a resolution which supports the attorney-client privilege, the confidentiality of attorneys' work product, and facilitating access to... Bruce Zagaris 2 4 1986-04-01 United States Immigration
Senate Establishes A Special Panel on Asylum On December 6, 1985, a bipartisan supported resolution, S.Res. 267 was submitted by Senator Gordon Humphrey (R-NH) that would establish a special panel on asylum. Bruce Zagaris 2 4 1986-04-01 United States Asylum
ASIL Panel Held on International Law and Refugee Asylum The American Society of International Law ("ASIL") took a look at the emerging law of refugee asylum at its annual meeting held in Washington, D.C. on April 9-12, 1986.  The panel of refugee law... Constantine G. Papavizas 2 4 1986-04-01 United States Asylum
Swiss Court Edges Toward Punishing Money Laundering A Swiss appeals court increased the prison terms for several alleged money launderers, members of the Swiss branch of the international Pizza Connection, on appeals by both the defense and... Clemens J.M. Kochinke 2 4 1986-04-01 Switzerland Money Laundering
Attorneys Win Victories in Forfeiture Cases Counsel have won important victories in two cases involving forfeiture of fees.  In the case of United States v. Christopher Reckmeyer, Judge James C. Cacheris held that the defendant had a right to... Bruce Zagaris 2 4 1986-04-01 United States Drugs & Trafficking
Torture Victim Protection Act of 1986 In an attempt to clarify the law surrounding the application of the Alien Tort Claims, 28 U.S.C. 1350, to international human rights violators, Congressmen Gus Yatron and Jim Leach in the House, and... Jay Rosenthal 2 4 1986-04-01 United States Torture
OAS Sponsoring Inter-American Conference on Narcotic Drugs On April 22-29, 1986, the Organization of American States held a specialized conference on drug traffic in Rio de Janeiro. Bruce Zagaris 2 4 1986-04-01 Latin America and South America Drug Enforcement
Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture Concluded On December 9, 1985, a Resolution to adopt the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture was adopted at the third plenary session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American... Bruce Zagaris 2 4 1986-04-01 Latin America and South America Torture
Presidential Commission on Organized Crime Reports on Drug Trafficking On March 13, 1986, the President's Commission on Organized Crime, whose mandate has now expired and is now extinct, promulgated a report, entitled "America's Habit: Drug Abuse, Drug Trafficking and... Bruce Zagaris 2 4 1986-04-01 United States Drugs & Trafficking
Book Reviews: Rolf A. Schütze, Enforcement of Rights Abroad The author is a practitioner, writer and teacher who wrote Enforcement of Rights Abroad to give guidance to practitioners desiring authoritative information on how to pursue legal matters in an... Clemens J.M. Kochinke 2 4 1986-04-01 International Law
House Hearings Charts Progress in U.S.-Bahamian Drug Cooperation On April 16, 1986, the Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture of the Committee on Government Operations, U.S. House of Representatives held hearings on "Initiatives in Drug... Bruce Zagaris 2 4 1986-04-01 Bahamas Drug Enforcement

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