City Minister Lord Myners replied that treaty law made it clear that member states were not liable for the commitments of governments of other member states.
Mr. Pierini blames EU treaty law for giving the U.K., France and Germany the power to stifle a common foreign policy and says the separation of aid and humanitarian assistance from the EU's diplomatic decision-making has undermined some of the soft power it can otherwise project.
Exactly who owns what depends on international treaty and law, control and occupation, and historical connection.
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Under different circumstances 20 years ago, another new President, Ronald Reagan, did essentially the same thing with another misbegotten treaty the Law of the Sea Treaty.
Yet until now, with the exception of narcotics, illicit trade has simply not been a priority in international law and treaty making, or in international police work and cooperative law enforcement.
Immunity from taxes by federal treaty is the law of the land.
The fate of Acta will be decided in a vote on Wednesday, as the treaty cannot become law in the EU unless it is approved by the European Parliament and all member states.
As concern grows that the United Nations is intent on replacing what the National Security Guidance calls "an orderly arrangement of sovereign states" with a proto-world government - complete with the ability to impose international taxes, a new push is being made for a treaty that would advance that purpose: the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST).
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Merkel and her people have cited the unconstitutionality of eurobonds, noting they go against the Maastricht treaty and their own law.
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Bologna is neither an inter-governmental treaty nor an EU law.
Further, with the current departure of our forces it may be only a short period of time before that vacuum is filled by hostile foreign troops which could, in turn, make any current plan, law or treaty ineffective.
Hence, the ABM Treaty lapsed by operation of law that is, automatically when the USSR dissolved in 1991.
Hence, the ABM Treaty lapsed by operation of law - that is, automatically - when the USSR dissolved in 1991.
The loopholes, circumvention options and verification problems inherent in the treaty will guarantee only that law-abiding nations like the United States will comply fully with its prohibitions.
At least according to a source quoted by National Geographic, namely the International Institute of Space Law, that treaty does indeed apply to private citizens as well as the countries they live in.
President Ronald Reagan appreciated this reality and refused to sign the Law of the Sea Treaty.
Proponents of the United Nation's Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) came up with a brilliant idea.
Yet, there has been scarcely any discussion of the precedential implications of the Law of the Sea Treaty.
Convention on the Law of the Sea (better known as the Law of the Sea Treaty, or LOST).
China, Russia and India have already denounced the PSI as illegal under the Law of the Sea Treaty.
As with Medellin, President Bush has aligned himself with the transnationalists on the Law of the Sea Treaty.
Irony of ironies: the principal champion of the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) is the United States Navy.
This decision is all the more puzzling since the Law of the Sea Treaty has not improved with age.
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But why would the Russians be so keen to have the United States ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty?
Law of the Sea Treaty, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and others.
To date, the full malevolent potential of the Law of the Sea Treaty has been more in prospect than in evidence.
Attributes of the Law of the Sea Treaty such as these prompted Ronald Reagan to oppose its ratification in the 1970s.
Sadly, being party to the Law of the Sea Treaty is not going to keep our foes from using it against us.
The push President Bush intends to make for the Law of the Sea Treaty will win him few friends among his enemies.
Do you believe our sovereignty and other vital interests would be compromised by U.S. ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty?
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