| World Trade Organization - 2005 - 488 էջ
...agencies must recognize the longstanding and elementary principle of US statutory construction that "an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...law of nations if any other possible construction remains".28 While international obligations cannot override inconsistent requirements of domestic law,... | |
| Karen J. Greenberg, Joshua L. Dratel - 2005 - 1306 էջ
...threat of torture. 38 32 ¿ Murray v. The Charming Betsy, 6 US (2 Cranch) 64, 118 (1804) (a statute “ought never to be construed to violate the law...nations, if any other possible construction remains”). See also United States v. PLO. , 695 F. Supp. 1456, 1468 (SDNY 1988) (noting “the lengths to which... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - 2005 - 1484 էջ
...degrading treatment " See Murray v. The Charming Betsy, 6 US (2 Crunch) 64, 1 1 8 (1 804) (a statute "ought never to be construed to violate the law of...nations, if any other possible construction remains"). See also United States v. PLO, 695 F. Supp. 1456, 1468 (SDNY 1 988) (noting "the lengths to which our... | |
| Keisuke Iida - 2006 - 362 էջ
...legislation which mandates WTOinconsistent action can itself be WTO-inconsistent62 and that under US law, "an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains" (Charming Betsy doctrine).63 Japan considered that the 1916 Act was mandatory: if the court finds that... | |
| Ralph D. McPhee - 2006 - 270 էջ
...legal obligations. See Murray v. Schooner Charming Betsy, 6 US (2 Cranch) 64, 118 (1804) (Marshall, J.) ("an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...if any other possible construction remains...."). [52] 10 USC §§ 801 et seq. Offenses against the law of war are incorporated in articles 18 and 21... | |
| Francisco Forrest Martin, Stephen J. Schnably, Richard Wilson, Jonathan Simon, Mark Tushnet - 2006 - 1028 էջ
...statutory construction since the decision in Murray v. The CharmingBetsy, 2 Cranch 64, 1 18 (1804), that "an act of congress ought never to be construed to...nations, if any other possible construction remains — " In McCulloch v. Sociedad Nacional de Marineros de Honduras, 372 US 10, 20-21 (1963), this principle... | |
| Giorgio Sacerdoti, Alan Yanovich, Jan Bohanes - 2006 - 533 էջ
...United States the 'Charming Betsy' doctrine, exemplified by the statement of the Supreme Court that 'an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations, if any other possible construction remains', Murray v. Schooner Charming Betsy6\3.S. (2 Cranch) 64, 118 (1804). 14 See n. 13 above. The prevalent... | |
| Ellen J. Dannin - 2006 - 220 էջ
...become amenable to the laws of nations." Eleven years later, Chief Justice John Marshall cautioned that "an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains." 20 It is hard for Americans to understand just how highly international law is regarded by other countries.... | |
| Dencho Georgiev, Kim van der Borght - 2006 - 488 էջ
...regulations, the US Government argued that the WTO ruling constituted "the law of nations," and that "an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations, if any other possible construction remains". See Turtle Island Restoration Network v Donald Evans, 284 F.3d 1282, 1303 (2002) (dissent). 322 Three... | |
| John H. Jackson - 2006
...the US statute consistent with the US international obligations. Chief Justice Marshall wrote that "an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains." Murray v. Schooner Charming Betsy, 6 US 64, at 118, 2 L.Ed. 208 (1804). The Restatement reads that... | |
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