A court may not recognize a foreign judgment if the judgment was rendered under a judicial system that does not provide. A strong case can be made that the Presidents recognition should also control a foreign states entitlement to immunity under the FSIA. Close In The Schooner Exchange v. McFaddon, Chief Justice Marshall held that a French warship was immune from suit by its former owners to recover it. 169211. This provoked a strong dissent from Justice Scalia, who thought the case should have been dismissed on the basis of prescriptive comity: the respect sovereign nations afford each other by limiting the reach of their laws. 18, 1961, 23 U.S.T. Reflections on Jones v. United Kingdom, Opinio Juris (Jan. 15, 2014, 1:46 am), http://opiniojuris.org/2014/01/15/guest-post-dodge-torture-official-act-reflections-jones-v-united-kingdom/ [http://perma.cc/Q755-J42H] (arguing customary international law does not require nations to treat torture as official act for purposes of conduct-based immunity). 319 And while W.S. Prohibition against taxation of non-stock, non-pro G.R. 322 The jurisdiction of the nation within its own territory is necessarily exclusive and absolute, Marshall wrote. Close 2014) (holding district court should undertake a comity analysis in light of apparent conflict between the obligations set forth in the Asset Freeze Injunction and applicable Chinese banking laws). Kirkpatrick & Co. v. Envtl. 7 0 obj See supra notes 379380 and accompanying text (discussing Chevron). passing on the validity of foreign acts of state may hinder rather than further this countrys pursuit of goals. .). Comity in international law, Paul, J. R. (1991). 297 . (emphasis omitted)). the rules for recognizing foreign judgments were considered rules of general common law. Judge Cardozo wrote in Loucks v. Standard Oil Co. of New York that [t]he misleading word comity has been responsible for much of the trouble in denying the enforcement of foreign law. Close 292 1. nature, kind or classification of the tax 5. sources of income. Respect for foreign sovereignty seemed a more natural fit. v. U.S.), Judgment, 1959 I.C.J. Close x+ | and (2) it reflects the assumption that Congress is primarily concerned with domestic conditions. 129 Close Continue reading ,.. endstream Close endobj It is also important to note that some of the international comity doctrines rest partly on comity and partly on other bases. H Tax Revenues should be utilized for a public purpose 1. Letter from Richard G. Kleindienst, Attorney Gen., & William P. Rogers, Secy of State, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives (Jan. 16, 1973), reprinted in Foreign State Immunity Hearing, supra note 406, at 34. XXXI, No. . 197 94 57 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. 6 <>stream endstream Close, 1. Close The Supreme Court refused in Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. to impose a rule limiting assistance to evidence that would be discoverable under the foreign tribunals rules, but the Court noted that comity and parity concerns may be important as touchstones for a district courts exercise of discretion in particular cases. (Till such an act [of Congress] be passed, the Court is bound by the law of nations which is a part of the law of the land.). Eric Posner and Cass Sunstein have argued that courts should defer to the Executive in applying international comity doctrines because the executive branch is in a better position to understand the benefits of foreign reciprocation or the likelihood and costs of retaliation than the judiciary. 267 (L 339) 3, 3132 (listing exorbitant bases of jurisdiction prohibited by Lugano Convention). 52 0 obj The Article should not be understood to suggest that there is a single form of international comity appropriate to every situation. 20 19 0 obj 13 450), G.R. Such discretion invades the province of the judiciary and may harm, rather than advance, U.S. foreign relations. For an excellent review of possible solutions, see id. Why are some comity doctrines state law, , it was generally assumed that the recognition of foreign judgments was governed by state rather than federal law. This comity, Story emphasized, was not the comity of the courts, but the comity of the nation. Id. xs Customary international law does not require the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. Priv. 3 Joseph H. Beale, A Treatise on the Conflict of Laws 71, at 1965 (1935); see also A.V. Close Close Close More specifically, this Article makes three contributions to understanding international comity in American law. Close See infra notes 322323 and accompanying text (explaining difference between rules and standards). 188 (articulating standard for contracts). EEOC v. Arabian Am. 189 endstream 96 Co. v. California, 509 U.S. 764, 817 (1993) (Scalia, J., dissenting) ([P]rescriptive comity. x+ | It is also possible for international law to shrink and leave gaps for comity to fill. is a concept with almost as many meanings as sovereignty.). 2004) (The standard of review for the grant of a permanent injunction, including an antisuit injunction, is abuse of discretion.). Cf. 37 482 U.S. at 554 (Blackmun, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part). 2005). See Joel R. Paul, Comity in International Law, 32 Harv. . 318 Rep. 141, 141; 1 Black W. 257, 258 (K.B.) On the other hand, the President clearly has constitutional authority to determine particular factslike recognition of a foreign governmenton which some comity doctrines turn. Close Close. 406 Close 399 . [4] Taxation respects international comity. xs Close Close Sometimes, Congress itself writes a foreign state compulsion defense into the text of a statute. 236 217 168 Close 321 367 Close See Matar v. Dichter, 563 F.3d 9, 15 (2d Cir. See Adam I. Muchmore, Jurisdictional Standards (and Rules), 46 Vand. See, e.g., Royal & Sun All. Proposed Official Draft 1962))). 2014) (We also review the district courts decision to dismiss based on international comity for abuse of discretion.); Sarei v. Rio Tinto, PLC, 671 F.3d 736, 755 (9th Cir. See id. Close C. C. II and III only. . 2004) (quoting China Trade & Dev. Close S.S. Rana & Co. 23 limitations on taxation. 47 Professor of Law, University of California, Davis, School of Law. Limiting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call of "Atmanirbhar" to this understanding would, however, not do complete justice to his vision. Justice Gray began by restating the traditional rule of strictly territorial sovereignty: No law has any effect, of its own force, beyond the limits of the sovereignty from which its authority is derived. See Campbell McLachlan, Lis Pendens in International Litigation 36 (2009) (In fact, the term denotes only the notion of a dispute, a lis, already pending before another court or tribunal. Close 141 1985) (noting principles of comity would require recognition of extraterritorial acts of state if consistent with U.S. policy). Close, But it is only when adjudicative comity is used as a principle of restraint that standards clearly predominate over rules. From the beginning, international comity has been understood to be a matter for each nations discretion. v. Neither myth withstands scrutiny. . Comity the principle of taxation of income where it arises; a country which is a financial center, such as Great Britain, will not relin- quish taxation on the ground of residence. . v. Century Intl Arms, Inc., 466 F.3d 88, 95 (2d Cir. 80 Close Close G.R. Close 373 International Comity - Enforcement of Awards annulled in the Primary Jurisdiction. 22. In some areas of foreign relations law todaylike foreign sovereign immunity and prescriptive jurisdictionone may think of an international law core and a comity penumbra, while in other areas all of the rules are rules of comity alone. 117 Sg'G!};n$sqvf3b#&K>n dO=XqfjgU&XMyzkM 6Bt2!t 114 305 . 404 endobj 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.). <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 46>>stream J. Transnatl L. 171, 18387 (2013) (characterizing First Restatement as based on rules and Second Restatement as mix of rules and standards). But the immunities of other foreign government officials from suit in U.S. courts are otherwise governed by federal common law. Id. Close. Close It is also true that legislatures sometimes speak directly to the recognition of foreign law art. 246 1782). . Close 2004) (noting decision whether to grant antisuit injunction must take account of considerations of international comity); Karaha Bodas Co. v. Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak Dan Gas Bumi Negara, 335 F.3d 357, 366 (5th Cir. . Am. July 4, 2012 (690 Phil. 101 at 41011 (rejecting argument that unfriendliness, including severance of diplomatic relations, should lead to denial of privilege). Leather Co., 246 U.S. 297, 30304 (1918). Close Close, Storys 1834 treatise Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws cemented comity into the foundations of American conflicts law. Close Close endstream 92 x+ | at 776 ([A]s a matter of international and domestic law, jus cogens violations are, by definition, acts that are not officially authorized by the Sovereign.). 154514. 374 335 Chewing Gum Corp., 453 F.2d 435, 440 (3d Cir. 1971) (articulating standard for torts); id. 393 In his 1834 treatise on conflicts, Story endorsed the view that comity is, and ever must be uncertain and must necessarily depend on a variety of circumstances, which cannot be reduced to [sic] any certain rule. Close, Marshalls treatment of foreign sovereign immunity bears a striking resemblance to Huber and Storys descriptions of comity. 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. 147 w3TPI2T0 BC#=3\. 87 Close 192 356 endobj See Lori Fisler Damrosch et al., International Law 816 (5th ed. 1987). 109 179 2005 Uniform Act, supra note 106, 4(c)(3) (emphasis added). 2009) (noting possibility of abstention when there is litigation pending in a foreign forum or, even absent such litigation, but finding abstention inappropriate in that case). 306 370 courts have refused to permit persons who have acted in bad faith to rely on the defense.). 1987) (stating recognition and enforcement of foreign country judgments is a matter of State law). 30, at 36. 1994). Close 28 0 obj x+ | 122 Close G.R. Close, The act of state doctrine is another manifestation of international comity in American law. 360 Aug. 4, 2014) (In the interests of international comity, 28 U.S.C. I, ch. A court of this state shall recognize and enforce a liability for a sales or use tax lawfully imposed by another state if the other state extends a like comity to this state. See supra notes 224227 and accompanying text (discussing 28 U.S.C. journal.org/forum/withdrawing-from-customary-international-law-some-lessons-from-history (on file with the Columbia Law Review) (The Schooner Exchange v. McFaddon treated foreign sovereign immunity as part of the customary law.). H at 423; see also Kirkpatrick, 493 U.S. at 404 (noting evolution in jurisprudential foundation for the act of state doctrine from comity to separation of powers). THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE SOVEREIGN RAISES INCOME TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT IS CALLED- (RPCPA) A. 123 222 to limit the federal-common-law cause of action for human rights violations under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), emphasizing that the presumption serves to protect against unintended clashes between our laws and those of other nations which could result in international discord.. Close, The act of state doctrine provides another example of prescriptive comity operating as a principle of recognition. Scholars have differed over the importance of slavery in shaping Storys views of comity. xS**T0T0 Bih]" W It may be reversed only when there has been a clear abuse of discretion. Close xs 343 89 57 0 obj Close . 239 endstream Tr. . 349 As noted above, the Court first used international comity this way in American Banana Co. v. United Fruit Co. 100 See id. Close When an award is annulled at the seat, however, enforcing courts in secondary jurisdictions must decide between enforcing the award or honoring the seat-court's nullification. See Gross, 456 F.3d at 394 (We remain skeptical of this broad application of the international comity doctrine, noting our virtually unflagging obligation to exercise the jurisdiction granted to us. 428), Jurisprudence on gender-free or homosexual rape, Cario v. Insular Government, 212 U.S. 449 (1909), G.R. . but as the First Circuit has pointed out, this may not be the best approach. 303 2003) (When a preliminary injunction takes the form of a foreign antisuit injunction, we are required to balance domestic judicial interests against concerns of international comity.). Close . .). TAX SUIT COMITY. Thus, the 2005 Uniform Act, for example, provides that a court of this state shall recognize a foreign-country judgment to which this [act] applies, subject to a list of enumerated exceptions. 248 375 (1919), reprinted in Ernest G. Lorenzen, Selected Articles on the Conflict of Laws 13662 (1947) (discussing Hubers views on the conflict of laws and their influence); Hessel E. Yntema, The Comity Doctrine, 65 Mich. L. Rev. Close (noting Canadas State Immunity Act has chosen to embrace principles of comity and state sovereignty over the interests of individuals wishing to sue a foreign state in Canadian courts for acts of torture committed abroad); see also William S. Dodge, Is Torture an Official Act? The doctrine provides that American courts will not question the validity of a foreign act of state fully performed within the states own territory. 1987). 156 317 376 n.97 (citing Altmann). Sys. . 1991) (applying international law criteria to decide Palestine Liberation Organization was not foreign state). 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. Close w3TPI2T0 BC#=C3\. Close But U.S. courts treat most of these discretionary grounds for nonrecognition as mandatory in practice. (misquotation). 343 All the international comity doctrines discussed in this Article are exercised by courts. 117 Close 253 Close 258 119 Close . 403 111 224 Today, American courts also use international comity to restrain the reach of domestic law. The doctrine of international comity is the traditional vehicle for this function, as we will see in both US conflicts doctrine and early nineteenth-century European choice of law. L-39086, June 15, 1988 (245 Phil. Close Once the doctrines that seem to rest at least in part on international comity were identified, it became clear that each involved deference to foreign lawmakers, to foreign courts, or to foreign governments as litigants. <>stream It also underlines the point that courts and legislatures may shape the international comity doctrines, as rules of domestic law, to achieve an appropriate level of deference to foreign lawmakers, foreign courts, and foreign governments as litigants. See, e.g., China Trade & Dev. Counsel cited Huber and courts relied on him. 6604, 6606; S. Comm. 179 191, 20510 (2003) [hereinafter Slaughter, A Global Community of Courts] (discussing emergence of judicial comity). (L 177) 6; Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, 2007 O.J. International comity Territorial jurisdiction 21. .). 223 76 164, 167 (1870) (To deny him this privilege would manifest a want of comity and friendly feeling.). Id. forum non conveniens generally has not been considered a comity doctrine. 271 Only the first of these justifications reflects international comity. Close to violate the law of the foreign country in which such workplace is located. 163 Close 273 For discussion of what Story meant by this distinction, see infra notes 213214 and accompanying text. As noted in the introduction, many doctrines of American law manifest the principle of international comity. v. United States, 424 U.S. 800, 818 (1976) (identifying following factors: (1) which court first assumed jurisdiction over the property, if any; (2) inconvenience of the federal forum; (3) desirability of avoiding piecemeal litigation; and (4) order in which jurisdiction was obtained by the concurrent forums); see also Moses H. Cone Meml Hosp. 244 Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States 401(a) (Am. Owner-managers usually have dynamic tax circumstances which demand that the tax advisor adapt their thinking quickly and effectively. 260 United States portal. 206 166 Co. of Can. 332 2004) (dismissing suit under doctrine of international comity); AAR Intl, Inc. v. Nimelias Enters. These acts generally follow the rules set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court in Hilton (minus the reciprocity requirement). Close ; see also Leigh Testimony, supra note 398, at 34 (noting disadvantages. 321 See Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino, 376 U.S. 398, 409 (1964) (noting recognized foreign governments not at war with United States may bring suit in U.S. courts). The doctrine is also sometimes called foreign sovereign compulsion. Id. Much more problematic is judicial deference to the Executive with respect to the outcomes of particular cases. endobj while in contract suits, [i]f the place of negotiating the contract and the place of performance are in the same state, the local law of that state will usually be applied. See Alford, supra note 209, at 13339 (discussing different approaches to discovery for international arbitrations). + 11 But it is ultimately courts that interpret and apply these rules, sometimes relying on background principles of prescriptive comity to do so. Prior to American Banana, the presumption against extraterritoriality was thought to rest on international law, and was simply an application of the Charming Betsy canon. ,.. Id. Id. Close Yes, with respect to all properties held by the educational institution. 235 As of September 25, 2015, there were 637 such cases. endstream 78 In a majority of states, these rules are codified for money judgments in two uniform acts. 8 61 358 149 They consistently cited mutual convenience as the basis for extending comity to foreign laws, subject to the proviso that they do not produce injury to the rights of [the] government or its citizens. xS**T0T0 Bih]" g Some of those exceptions are mandatory. 370 See W.S. and the United States is responsible to other states for violating it. 41 54 Rep. of the Intl Law Commn to the General Assembly, Draft Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts, U.N. GAOR, 53d Sess., Supp. ), in John A. Boyd, Digest of U.S. . See, e.g., Republic of Austria v. Altmann, 541 U.S. 677, 735 (2004) (Kennedy, J., dissenting) (observing judicial independence. Posner and Sunstein do not discuss any of these examples in detail, Close 414 193 220 <>stream 48 1998) (The Act does not preclude recognition of other types of judgments through the doctrine of comity.). 23 1971) (applying Pennsylvania law to enforcement of foreign judgment); Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States 481 cmt. Close 959) (Washington, J. 34 Close 326 201 Close 259 Close 408), Charitable institution even if receiving payment, G.R. Books You don't have any books yet. Law Inst., Tentative Draft No. Public interests began to play a larger role around the turn of the twentieth century. H Kirkpatrick & Co. v. Envtl. (C 4) 2, 23; see also Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, annex I, 2007 O.J. 143 225 treat it as law, consider themselves bound by it, attend to it with a sense of legal obligation and with concern for the consequence of violation.). Harv.Int'l. LJ, 32, 1. <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 47>>stream 65 w3TPI2T0 BC#=3\. .). 218 401(b) (defining jurisdiction to adjudicate as jurisdiction to subject persons or things to the process of its courts or administrative tribunals). Today, comity appears to play a smaller role in England than in America. D. D. I and III only. 10 But when the geographic scope of the Sherman Act again reached the Supreme Court in Hartford Fire Insurance Co. v. California, the Court refused to consider dismissal on grounds of international comity unless the conduct prohibited by U.S. law was required by foreign law. See infra Part III (explaining differences between international comity and international law). The Second Circuit vacated the $147 million judgment against the two defendants that took the case to trial in 2013, and remanded with . (citing Huber). 2009) (holding prudential exhaustion applies equally to cases brought against foreign states (and their instrumentalities) under the FSIA), vacated, 616 F.3d 1019 (9th Cir. [1] the factors considered by the second circuit in the comity balancing test include: (1) degree of conflict with foreign law or policy; (2) nationality of the parties, locations or principal places of business of corporations; (3) relative importance of the alleged violation of conduct here as compared with conduct abroad; (4) the extent to 255 See supra notes 145156 and accompanying text (discussing justifications for comity). If only the second statement is correct . at 405 (finding it unnecessary to address possibility of exception for cases in which the Executive Branch has represented that it has no objection to denying validity to the foreign sovereign act). . Close With the increased use of comity as a principle of restraint, however, more public rationales like respect for foreign sovereignty and the fostering of friendly relations took over. <>stream 1, 2014) (noting only two grounds are treated as discretionary in practice). 144 The original reason for international comity was commercial convenience. 94-1310, at 9 (1976). n;.V' dELj )fXQ/$+BP*QISz Iq]X#8AjR6/%y#HOgELg" [pe8>7y=1S6^n6 S+!]QaMk@7y]OsBBWZ!nU? S3U1`-6`Lj:4U&%# 542 U.S. 241, 25963 (2004) (rejecting foreign-discoverability rule). 176 xs 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. But reviewing the doctrines of international comity shows that many of them are more rule-like than standard-like. 1997) ([T]o the extent that comity is informed by general principles of reasonableness, see Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States 403, the indictment lodged against NPI is well within the pale.); In re Maxwell Commcn Corp., 93 F.3d 1036, 104653 (2d Cir. 2006) (applying doctrine of international comity abstention). As State Department Acting Legal Adviser Charles Brower testified, We at the Department of State are now persuaded. Close 293 Close. w3TPI2T0 BC#=C3\. 188 endobj 374 412 28 U.S.C. 198, 201 (N.Y. 1918). . endobj 186 Recognition and restraint are often related. Double taxation c. Non-delegation of the legislative power to tax d. Territoriality; Answer: B . w3TPI2T0 BC#=3\. Justice Scalia has also retreated from the balancing approach he advocated in Hartford. The Courts characterization of sovereign immunity as comity does not preclude the possibility that some measure of immunity is required by international law. at 120506 (discussing example of litigation against China by Chinese victims of state repression). 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.). 17 .). 405 . 28 at 1207. <>stream The justification for extending comity to foreign judgments was the same. 353 73 50 57 The expansion of personal jurisdiction created more opportunities for parallel proceedings, which American courts developed new tools to manage, like the doctrine of forum non conveniens 41 Close 292 Close See Sitaraman & Wuerth, supra note 34, at 1943 ([T]he diplomatic contact between executive branch officials and their foreign counterparts is in some contexts a reason for courts not to defer because deference would mean that State Department officials might be held responsible for negative decisions or that they are lobbied heavily by foreign governments. endobj Morrison v. 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