Exam 24: International Law And Transactions

The traditional Islamic rules and laws that regulate Muslim life are called Sharia.

The __________ collects tariffs in the United States.

The principle that each World Trade Organization member must accord to all other member countries tariff treatment no less favorable than it provides to any other country is known as the __________ principle.

__________ is a process used mainly in the area of public international law whereby a third party,often a disinterested government,brings the parties together by establishing communication and providing a site where the parties can meet,often in secret.

Senator Rodriguez is tired of all the imports of televisions coming into this country.The senator proposes a bill by which all foreign-made televisions will be taxed an additional $100 before being allowed into the country.Senator Rodriguez receives a great deal of support for this bill,but one senator questions whether such an arrangement is illegal because it will discriminate against imported goods.Which of the following statements is correct?

U.S.trade laws are enacted by the Congress pursuant to the treaty power of the U.S.Constitution.

Which of the following is a legal principle of international law under which nations submit their decision-making authority to a common organization or institution?

Aidan was just hired to work for a federal agency in the procurement department.Aidan shops for the best buys possible and finds a great deal.Aidan returns to the office and informs the supervisor about this discovery.Aidan's boss tells him to be sure that the Buy American Act is satisfied.What does Aidan find when researching this law?

Codification is a process by which existing civil law positions are restated as case precedents.

The transfer of technical data to a foreign citizen while that person is present in the United States is generally not considered to be an export.

"National treatment" prohibits WTO members from discriminating against imported products in favor of "like products" produced domestically.

What is the principle of comity? What conditions must usually exist for the principle to be applied?

Civil law systems are based on British law.

What is the act-of-state doctrine,and how is it generally applied by U.S.courts?

A(n)__________ has features of a customs union but goes a step further by eliminating barriers that restrict the movement of labor,capital,and technology among member nations.

In CASE 24.1 Awad v.Ziriax (2012),Oklahoma passed the "Save Our State Amendment," which provided that Oklahoma courts could not consider international or Sharia law in making decisions.Awad,a Muslim,was the executive director of the state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and sued.How did the court rule and why?

Tariffs are a means by which imports may be limited.

The __________ was created to provide financing for the purchase of U.S.exports.

The process by which property ownership is transferred from a private entity to a host country that compensates the private entity for its lost assets is called:

In Kiobel v.Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.(2013),the defendants,who had engaged in oil exploration and drilling in the Ogoni region of Nigeria for decades,were sued by the Ogoni indigenous peoples.The issue before the U.S.Supreme Court was whether the __________ extended to corporations that aid and abet human rights violations as a matter of customary international law.