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65 See supra notes 280281 and accompanying text (discussing diplomatic and head-of-state immunity). 69 Co. of N.Y. v. United States, 304 U.S. 126 (1938). . 389 The combination of expanding international trade and climbing corporate income tax rates in the early part of this century required nations to evolve methods for reducing the level of international double taxation. 185 INTERNATIONAL COMITY IN TAXATION The problem of international double taxation is one of the most serious questions that engages the attention of economists and financial experts at the present time. 296 My thanks to Pamela Bookman, Curtis Bradley, Stephen Bundy, Hannah Buxbaum, Jansen Calamita, Trey Childress, Anthony Colangelo, John Coyle, Joshua Davis, Kristen Eichensehr, Katherine Florey, Jean Galbraith, Geoffrey Hazard, Deborah Hensler, Mary Kay Kane, Chimne Keitner, Xandra Kramer, David Levine, Richard Marcus, David Moore, Joel Paul, Eric Posner, David Pozen, Zachary Price, Michael Ramsey, Kal Raustiala, Brett Scharffs, Linda Silberman, David Sloss, Adam Steinman, Paul Stephan, Spencer Waller, and Ingrid Wuerth for their comments, suggestions, and insights. 959) (Washington, J.). 186 n;.V' dELj )fXQ/$+BP*QISz Iq]X#8AjR6/%y#HOgELg" [pe8>7y=1S6^n6 S+!]QaMk@7y]OsBBWZ!nU? S3U1`-6`Lj:4U&%# Certainly there is a rule-like quality to Daimlers limitation of general jurisdiction to a forum where the defendant is at home, which generally means an individuals domicile or a corporations place of incorporation or principal place of business. See, e.g., Morrison v. Natl Austl. Id. Turkey has not identified any foreign law or foreign judicial decision that pertains to this case. 125678. INTERNATIONAL COMITY. 21. 2005 Uniform Act, supra note 106; 1962 Uniform Act, supra note 106. Close See 28 U.S.C. See 379 F.3d 1227, 124041 (11th Cir. . 126 endstream 258 272 190 Practice in International Law 1017 (1977). 378 3, 2015) (There is no general doctrine of international law that requires a sovereign to excuse compliance with its law because of conflict with the law of another state.). See Restatement (Fourth) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States: Jurisdiction 404 cmt. The act of state doctrine was once said to rest on the highest considerations of international comity and expediency. Rev. endstream towards greater consideration of private interests. Finally, the Court has recognized that federal courts may decline to hear a case where the relief being sought is equitable in nature or otherwise discretionary, like a declaratory judgment. Close Close v. Century Intl Arms, Inc., 466 F.3d 88, 92 (2d Cir. Close International law is distinct from international comity, which comprises legally nonbinding practices adopted by states for reasons of courtesy (e.g., the saluting of the flags of foreign warships at sea). 1971) (rejecting reciprocity requirement for conflict of laws). 2d 522, 544 (S.D.N.Y. The author believes double taxation is properly a constitutional limitation. 1, U.N. Doc. This Article provides the first comprehensive account of international comity in American law, as well as the clear analytical framework that previous writers have complained was missing. 172), G.R. 367 See, e.g., Or. Close In summary, adjudicative comity operates in American law through limits on personal jurisdiction as well as doctrines like forum non conveniens (and others of more doubtful status) that allow courts to dismiss cases over which they have jurisdiction. 2023-01-18T11:42:22-08:00 71 Close Statutory prescription bearing on (a) Export Processing Zone Authority (b) BOI Registered industries (c) Multi-national corporations Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938). 124 as well as a large number of lower court cases. 57 0 obj Sovereign party comity is deference to foreign government actors as litigants in U.S. courts. , so long as its refusal to give it effect is not arbitrary according to the rules of the conflict of laws of states that have reasonably developed legal systems.). 3 Joseph H. Beale, A Treatise on the Conflict of Laws 71, at 1965 (1935); see also A.V. This suggestion drew a sharp dissent from Justice Kennedy, who noted that judicial independence. Continue reading The word prescriptive refers to jurisdiction to prescribethat is, to make [a states] law applicable to the activities, relations, or status of persons, or the interests of persons in things. Which would justify the objection of the banks? John B. Bellinger III, The Dog that Caught the Car: Observations on the Past, Present, and Future Approaches of the Office of the Legal Adviser to Official Acts Immunities, 44 Vand. Bank Ltd., 130 S. Ct. 2869, 2881 (2010). 392 w3TPI2T0 BC#=3\. I, 8, cl. 309 A number of prior articles have discussed international comity in American law, but each has been restricted in some way. See 509 U.S. 764, 799 (1993) (concluding if defendants could comply with both U.S. and foreign law, there was no need to address other considerations that might inform a decision to refrain from the exercise of jurisdiction on grounds of international comity). 1081, 1103 (2015); see also Michael D. Ramsey, Escaping International Comity, 83 Iowa L. Rev. 102 Id. Close, The FSIA did not codify the immunities of foreign officials. . due process or if the foreign court lacked personal or subject matter jurisdiction. Close Leather Co., 246 U.S. 297, 303 (1918) (holding recognition is retroactive in effect and validates all the actions and conduct of the government so recognized from the commencement of its existence). Close Huber, supra note 74, at 164. . .). Hartford Fire Ins. See, e.g., id. Close 208 294 After Erie, it was generally assumed that the recognition of foreign judgments was governed by state rather than federal law. Leather Co., 246 U.S. 297, 30304 (1918). . (forthcoming 2016) (manuscript at 748) (on file with the Columbia Law Review) (discussing doctrine of foreign state compulsion). Co. of Can. ,.. 212 Law Inst. 243 339 In a majority of states, these rules are codified for money judgments in two uniform acts. More specifically, this Article makes three contributions to understanding international comity in American law. Some international comity doctrines have been interpreted to permit case-by-case discretion by the executive branch. Posner and Sunstein correctly argue that courts should defer to agency interpretations of the geographic scope of federal statutes. The finality of an award is a key feature and attraction of arbitration as a method of dispute resolution. 53 (forthcoming 2016) (manuscript at 3364) (on file with the Columbia Law Review) (examining reasons for Courts deference to views of foreign sovereigns who file amicus briefs). Law Inst., Tentative Draft No. . endobj Apr. a court may not substitute its own construction of a statutory provision for a reasonable interpretation made by the administrator of an agency). endstream The history of international comity begins with the seventeenth-century Dutch jurist Ulrich Huber. 160054), No-spouse, no-marriage employment policies. If only the first statement is correct. See Restatement (Fourth) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States: Jurisdiction 404 reporters note 11 (Am. See Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Ger. v. Century Intl Arms, Inc., 466 F.3d 88, 95 (2d Cir. To deny him this privilege, the Supreme Court said in The Sapphire, would manifest a want of comity and friendly feeling. 1971) (applying state law to enforcement of foreign judgment). <>stream See Restatement (Fourth) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States: Jurisdiction 222 cmt. depends upon what our greatest jurists have been content to call the comity of nations); see also Croudson v. Leonard, 8 U.S. (4 Cranch) 434, 437 (1808) (noting spirit of comity lies behind enforcement of foreign judgments). 259 Hilton, 159 U.S. at 16364. Close 48 0 obj Like Huber and Story, Gray noted the territorial sovereigns discretion not to enforce foreign law against its own interests. Thus, Justice Holmes in American Banana explained that to apply the Sherman Act extraterritorially not only would be unjust, but would be an interference with the authority of another sovereign, contrary to the comity of nations, which the other state concerned justly might resent. See Knox, supra note 124, at 36266 (describing origins of presumption against extraterritoriality). See supra notes 152154 and accompanying text (discussing emergence of foreign sovereignty rationale). but in most they are judge-made common law. 1965) ([W]hen property confiscated is within the United States at the time of the attempted confiscation, our courts will give effect to acts of state only if they are consistent with the policy and law of the United States. (quoting Restatement of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States 46 (Am. Allowing the Executive to tell courts which cases to dismiss does not. In the judgments context, the foreign tribunal has already made its decision. 37 Close, Despite American Banana, U.S. courts soon began to apply U.S. antitrust law extraterritorially on the basis of effects. Close Story, supra note 54, 28, at 34 (quoting Saul v. His Creditors, 5 Mart. See Altmann, 541 U.S. at 702 ([S]hould the State Department choose to express its opinion on the implications of exercising jurisdiction over particular petitioners in connection with their alleged conduct, that opinion might well be entitled to deference as the considered judgment of the Executive on a particular question of foreign policy.); infra notes 386388 and accompanying text (discussing Altmann). Justice Scalia has also retreated from the balancing approach he advocated in Hartford. 104 Similarly, Joseph Beale observed that [t]he doctrine seems really to mean only that in certain cases the sovereign is not prevented by any principle of international law, but only by his own choice, from establishing any rule he pleases for the conflict of laws. Close Intl L. 49, 5255 (1937) (discussing reception of Hubers ideas in English law). Close And doctrines that defer to foreign government actors as litigants, like a foreign governments privilege of bringing suit as a plaintiff and its immunity from suit as a defendant, are forms of sovereign party comity. Although six Justices rejected the Bernstein exception in First Natl City Bank v. Banco Nacional de Cuba, 406 U.S. 759 (1972), they did so in three separate opinions, none of which commanded a majority of the Court. If only the second statement is correct . The Court refused to enforce the judgment in Hilton on reciprocity grounds, because France would not enforce U.S. judgments. The Transformation of International Comity Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a . 161 Close Close, Sometimes, U.S. courts are asked to address the possibility of parallel foreign proceedings not by dismissing the U.S. suit but by enjoining the foreign proceeding. If comity is neither a matter of absolute obligation. 106 This Article takes a different approach. 163 237 24 0 obj 1605(a)(b). The following Term, a plurality of the Court again invoked international comity as the basis for limiting application of the Americans with Disabilities Act to matters affecting the internal affairs of foreign-flag ships. Close, This Article uses its categorization of international comity doctrines to challenge two enduring myths about comity: (1) that comity must be governed by standards rather than rules; and (2) that comity determinations are best left to the executive branch. See Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson, 538 U.S. 468, 479 (2003) (noting foreign sovereign immunity is not meant to avoid chilling foreign states or their instrumentalities in the conduct of their business but to give foreign states and their instrumentalities some protection from the inconvenience of suit as a gesture of comity between the United States and other sovereigns); Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino, 376 U.S. 398, 40809 (1964) (Under principles of comity governing this countrys relations with other nations, sovereign states are allowed to sue in the courts of the United States. 381 B. I and II only. endobj Close ,.. Other scholars have likewise identified the doctrine of forum non conveniens as a manifestation of comity. Co., 313 U.S. 487, 496 (1941) (The conflict of laws rules to be applied by the federal court in Delaware must conform to those prevailing in Delawares state courts.). at 164, 165, 169. Comity "counsels voluntary forbearance when a sovereign which has a legitimate claim to jurisdiction concludes that a second sovereign also has a legitimate claim to jurisdiction under principles of international law." Wharf, 210 F.3d at 1236 (quotations omitted). Moreover, with the exception of Posner and Sunstein, none of these Articles consider sovereign party comitythat is, foreign sovereign immunity and the recognition of foreign sovereigns as plaintiffs. 120 b. but they come down firmly on the side of case-specific deference to the executive branch. 145 2d 451, 458 (S.D.N.Y. is this assessment valid? International comity connotes courtesy between nations.TRUE 5. Doctrines of prescriptive comity that federal courts use as principles of restraint apply only to federal statutes. Institutions; Individual subscriptions; Individual renewals; Recommend to your library; Purchase back issues; Browse issues endobj 41 To be sure, the Supreme Courts decision in Morrison makes clear that the presumption does not turn mechanically on the location of the conduct but rather requires a court to determine the focus of congressional concern. Close 356 Close In this respect, international comity mirrors international law, which recognizes both jurisdiction to prescribe and jurisdiction to adjudicate. Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States 401(a)(b) (Am. See F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. v. Empagran S.A., 542 U.S. 155, 168 (2004) (rejecting case-by-case approach to prescriptive comity as too complex to prove workable). See Posner & Sunstein, supra note 33, at 117980 (considering only presumption against extraterritoriality, act of state doctrine, foreign sovereign immunity, and (mistakenly) Charming Betsy canon); supra notes 4648 and accompanying text (explaining why Charming Betsy is not truly an international comity doctrine). art. But the Court also faulted the Ninth Circuit for ignoring the risks to international comity its expansive view of general jurisdiction posed. xS**T0T0 Bih]" c . 112 .). 2013); Khulumani v. Barclay Natl Bank Ltd., 504 F.3d 254, 261 (2d Cir. 189755. For further discussion of the interplay between recognition and restraint, see infra note 286 and accompanying text. The Second Circuit has looked to principles of comity to determine whether to recognize foreign acts of state having extraterritorial effect. 60 408 at 52932 (considering whether treaty provided exclusive means for obtaining evidence located in another treaty party). . and have declined to order discovery when doing so would interfere with the foreign proceedings. 17,031) (Story, J.) 239 Bank Ltd., 130 S. Ct. 2869, 2874 (2010). Last week, House Democrats under Speaker Nancy Pelosi approved the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which was intended to restore the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 to its former . Hilton is also fundamentally ambiguous about whether comity binds U.S. courts and, if so, whether it binds them as a matter of international or domestic law. 10 Close That system generally leaves the taxation of foreign income to the government within whose territory the activity occurs and thus avoids double taxation entirely. The majority held that the concept of international comity requires. (rejecting idea of discretionary authority to avoid parallel proceedings and stating no federal court can escape from its duty, in any case, which congress has confided to its jurisdiction). 175 Forum non conveniens, prudential exhaustion, international comity abstention, and the granting of antisuit injunctions all require a case-by-case weighing of factors and are reviewed on appeal for abuse of discretion. 41 0 obj Close Close 20, at 26. XXXI, No. 416 Law Inst. Comity refers to courts of one state or jurisdiction respecting the laws and judicial decisions of other jurisdictions - whether state, federal or international - not as a matter of obligation but out of deference and mutual respect. 1994). The United States has codified the rules governing foreign state immunity in the FSIA, which provides that foreign states, as well as their agencies and instrumentalities, are immune from suit in both federal and state courts unless an exception to that immunity applies. a (Am. Close v. Bezdikian, 195 P.3d 604, 608 (Cal. 2023-01-18T11:42:22-08:00 192 This possibility of interference arises when an interested person, rather than the foreign court itself, seeks discovery. 1. Court for S. Dist. 542 U.S. 155, 165, 169 (2004). Ch. 286 See William S. Dodge, Withdrawing from Customary International Law: Some Lessons from History, 120 Yale L.J. w3TPI2T0 BC#=3\. 382 ,.. Is the assessment valid? 97 85 First Natl City Bank v. Banco Nacional de Cuba, 406 U.S. 759, 773 (1972) (Douglas, J., concurring in the judgment). 764), Free exercise of religion = basis of tax exemption, G. R. No. 166 153 Close .). 1998) (holding act of state doctrine did not apply to decree of unrecognized Federal Republic of Yugoslavia). Sarei v. Rio Tinto PLC, 550 F.3d 822, 831 (9th Cir. 164 It occurs when one country shows respect for the laws, judicial decisions, and institutions of another. 350 In modern cases, the Supreme Court has said that the act of state doctrine arises out of the basic relationships between branches of government in a system of separation of powers. 163 91 Lower courts have continued to rely on comity to enforce foreign acts of state not covered by the doctrine because they were not fully performed within the foreign states own territory. Close Mar. Sabbatino, 376 U.S. at 423. <>stream Close b (Am. The Santissima Trinidad, 20 U.S. (7 Wheat.) The problem was that some foreign states may be led to believe that since the decision can be made by the executive branch it should be strongly affected by foreign policy considerations and that these states were inclined to regard a decision by the State Department refusing to suggest immunity as a political decision unfavorable to them rather than a legal decision. <>stream See infra notes 396411 and accompanying text (discussing arguments against case-specific deference to executive branch). 519, 589 (1839); see also The Sapphire, 78 U.S. (11 Wall.) See Am. Guar. 15.300.380 (codifying choice of law for contracts); id. . (quoting Colorado River, 424 U.S. at 817)). Close 330 U.S. 501 (1947). Hubers influence appears most clearly in the public policy exception, which permits a U.S. court to refuse recognition if the foreign judgment is repugnant to the public policy of this state or of the United States. 128 Close Sarei, 550 F.3d at 831 (plurality opinion) (McKeown, J.). Much more problematic is judicial deference to the Executive with respect to the outcomes of particular cases. 122 Close As a Principle of Recognition. 342 1, 2014) (noting no Uniform Act requires reciprocity for recognition of foreign judgment, although six states have added reciprocity as condition for recognition). Or does it operate as a principle of restraint to limit the reach of American law, the jurisdiction of American courts, and, more specifically, the jurisdiction of American courts over foreign sovereign defendants? It has also served as the basis for restraining the application of American law, the jurisdiction of American courts, and, more specifically, the jurisdiction of American courts over foreign governments. 271 But see Henry J. Close This timely book explores a critical new juncture where globalisation is in retreat and global norms of behaviour are not converging. 293 295 Today, recognition of foreign judgments in the United States is governed by state law, and most states do not impose a reciprocity requirement. In fact, Justice Story meant nothing of the kind. Rep. 99, 77 (Feb. 3) (finding international law required immunity for acta jure imperii committed by armed forces during armed conflict). Tariff and Customs Code as of its amendment by PD 34. note at 591 (Am. Close Close Situs or territoriality - As a rule, the taxing power cannot go beyond the territorial limit of the taxing authority. Stat. lower courts adopting section 403 have generally characterized it as an exercise of comity. Ramsey, supra note 19, at 95152. .). 296 Info. R.R. 39 The Courts characterization of sovereign immunity as comity does not preclude the possibility that some measure of immunity is required by international law.

From Miksum to MLI, from jus gentium to jus inter gentes, historical research, By clicking accept or continuing to use the site, you agree to the terms outlined in our. Bank Ltd., 130 S. Ct. 2869, 2877 (2010) (applying presumption against extraterritoriality to legislation of Congress). Close 369, 370 n.* (1797) (providing translation of Huber). Close But the immunities of other foreign government officials from suit in U.S. courts are otherwise governed by federal common law. For a more detailed discussion of the relationship between international comity and international law, see infra Part III. .); Roxas v. Marcos, 969 P.2d 1209, 1261 n.36 (Haw. ,.. . Abelesz v. Magyar Nemzeti Bank, 692 F.3d 661, 684 (7th Cir. International comity is one of the principal foundations of U.S. foreign relations law. . 42 See id. 179 Morrison rejected such a mechanical approach and instructed lower courts to determine the focus of the statute, which (as in Morrison) may be a place other than where the regulated conduct occurs. The doctrines of American law that mediate the relationship between the U.S. legal system and those of other nations are nearly all manifestations of international comityfrom the conflict of laws to the presumption against extraterritoriality; from the recognition of foreign judgments to the doctrines . 589, 606 (2011))). 1991) (applying international law criteria to decide Palestine Liberation Organization was not foreign state). 293 1971) (articulating standard for torts); id. Close Close 344 1991) (Breyer, C.J.) 1782(a) (2012) (providing district court may order a person to provide evidence to foreign or international tribunals). endobj gave substantial weight to a U.S. statement of interest suggesting that the adjudication of this case will have an adverse impact on the foreign policy interests of the United States. This Articles definition of international comity differs from Hiltons in several respects. The justification for extending comity to foreign judgments was the same. 407 Close, Marshalls treatment of foreign sovereign immunity bears a striking resemblance to Huber and Storys descriptions of comity. ); see also Holmes v. Remsen, 4 Johns. Close But the Ninth Circuit in Mujica, applying its newly minted doctrine of international comity abstention, 292 at 522; see also Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Chem. Close 113 06-10061-MLW, 2006 WL 1344091, at *4 (D. Mass. TAX SUIT COMITY. 2009) (While these bases have been characterized as exorbitant or extraordinary, they have, thus far, not been asserted, on authoritative grounds, to be violative of international law.); Clermont & Palmer, supra note 308, at 476 ([E]xorbitant jurisdiction is best understood less as an existing rule than as a normative statement about the appropriate scope of international jurisdiction.). Close H Discussing prescriptive comity as a principle of restraint in the Laker case, Judge Malcolm Wilkey observed: If promotion of international comity is measured by the number of times United States jurisdiction has been declined under the reasonableness interest balancing approach, then it has been a failure. J. Intl L. 351, 352 (2010) (For most of U.S. history, the Supreme Court determined the reach of federal statutes in the light of international lawspecifically, the international law of legislative jurisdiction.). endstream 70 In Robinson v. Bland, Mansfield wrote that the general rule established ex comitate et jure gentium is, that the place where the contract is made, and not where the action is brought, is to be considered in expounding and enforcing the contract. endobj . This is one of the international comity myths that Part IV will challenge. w3TPI2T0 BC#=3\. Strikingly, the convenience rationale was adapted even to the seemly public doctrine of foreign sovereign immunity, which, the Court noted, stands upon principles of public comity and convenience. 23, at 30. No. Close 11, 51 (2010); see also Lawrence Collins, Comity in Modern Private International Law, in Reform and Development of Private International Law 89, 110 (James Fawcett ed., 2002) (The vast amount of material [on comity] cries out for some synthesis. On the basis of effects the highest considerations of international comity doctrines have been interpreted to case-by-case! 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