State and Local Economic Sanctions : Constitutional Issues.

Summarizes constitutional arguments made for and against State and local economic sanctions against individuals and firms that do business with or in foreign countries whose conduct the jurisdictions find objectionable. Discusses Supreme Court decisions in Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council an...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2006.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Business. Constitutional law. Federal government. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Summarizes constitutional arguments made for and against State and local economic sanctions against individuals and firms that do business with or in foreign countries whose conduct the jurisdictions find objectionable. Discusses Supreme Court decisions in Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council and American Insurance Association v. Garamendi, which held that such State laws were preempted by Federal laws.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.