State and Local Economic Sanctions : Some 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 2000 Supreme Court decision in Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Counci...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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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 2000 Supreme Court decision in Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council, which held a Massachusetts law restricting State transactions with firms doing business with Burma was preempted by Federal Burma sanctions and that its application was unconstitutional under Supremacy Clause. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |