Justice for United States Prisoners of War Act of 2001: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 1198, September 25, 2002, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002 - 92 páginas |
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actions taken agreements Allied Powers American Article 14(b Article 19 Bataan Death March Bettauer Burma Chairman citizens claims against Japan claims arising claims of U.S. claims settlement Committee compensation Congress constitutional countries course courts Dames & Moore Department domestic law claims espousal federal forced labor foreign relations GEKAS Geneva Convention Government of Japan greater advantages international claims international law claims interpretation issue JACKSON LEE Japa Japanese assets Japanese corporations Japanese Government Japanese nationals language legislation LOFGREN McCallum ment Mike Honda nationals arising negotiating Netherlands payment Peace with Japan plaintiffs POW claims prisoners of war private claims private entities Professor Maier prosecution reparations response Rohrabacher Senate settle slave labor sovereign immunity statement TAFT taken by Japan Tenney thank tion Treaty of Peace Treaty's U.S. and international U.S. Government U.S. nationals U.S. State Department veterans waive claims waives all claims war-related claims World World War II
Passagens conhecidas
Página 70 - A treaty shall be interpreted in good faith in accordance with the ordinary meaning to be given to the terms of the treaty in their context and in the light of its object and purpose.
Página 73 - Recourse may be had to supplementary means of interpretation, including the preparatory work of the treaty and the circumstances of its conclusion...
Página 75 - But state law must yield when it is inconsistent with, or impairs the policy or provisions of, a treaty or of an international compact or agreement.
Página 73 - Article 23, which is not a signatory of the present Treaty, a bilateral Treaty of Peace on the same or substantially the same terms as are provided for in the present Treaty, but this obligation on the part of Japan will expire three years after the first coming into force of the present Treaty. Should Japan make a peace settlement or war claims settlement with any State granting that State greater advantages than those provided by the present Treaty, those same advantages shall be extended to the...
Página 74 - where compliance with both federal and state regulations is a physical impossibility..., " Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul, 373 US 132, 142-143 (1963), or where the state " law stands as an obstacle to the accomplishment and execution of the full purposes and objectives of Congress.
Página 74 - Japan will promptly enter into negotiations with Allied Powers so desiring, whose present territories were occupied by Japanese forces and damaged by Japan, with a view to assisting to compensate those countries for the cost of repairing the damage done, by making available the services of the Japanese people in production, salvaging and other work for the Allied Powers in question.
Página 54 - Except as otherwise provided in the present Treaty, the Allied Powers waive all reparations claims of the Allied Powers, other claims of the Allied Powers and their nationals arising out of any actions taken by Japan and its nationals in the course of the prosecution of the war, and claims of the Allied Powers for direct military costs of occupation.
Página 69 - Every treaty in force is binding upon the parties to it and must be performed by them in good faith.
Página 74 - State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
Página 71 - Every judicial action exercising or relinquishing jurisdiction over the vessel of a foreign government has its effect upon our relations with that government. Hence it is a guiding principle in determining whether a court should exercise or surrender its jurisdiction in such cases, that the courts should not so act as to embarrass the executive arm in its conduct of foreign affairs. "In such cases the judicial department of this government follows the action of the political branch, and will not...