international comity taxation

48 295 Close G.R. It is something of an embarrassment for U.S. foreign relations law that so many of its doctrines depend on a principle that is poorly defined and arguably leads to unbounded discretion either by the courts or by the executive branch. 1604 (2012) (stating foreign state shall be immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States and of the States subject to exceptions); Daimler AG v. Bauman, 134 S. Ct. 746, 763 (2014) (discussing due process limits on personal jurisdiction); Sabbatino, 376 U.S. at 427 (holding scope of act of state doctrine must be determined according to federal law). 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. Close, The label prescriptive comity also fits Hubers and Storys conception of comity as the recognition of foreign law. See, e.g., id. 346 57 endobj at 2884. and (2) it reflects the assumption that Congress is primarily concerned with domestic conditions. endobj endstream Intl L. 21, 2328 (2011) (comparing forum non conveniens and lis pendens). 20 + But once comity came to be seen exclusively in terms of deference to the paramount interests of another sovereign, 86 2 Close 128 Both territorial sovereignty and respect for foreign rights were of particular concern in the Netherlands, which had recently won independence from Spain but whose status as a trading nation created a pressing need to treat foreigners fairly. Probs., Summer 2008, at 19, 20 (Whereas once courts justified applying foreign law out of deference to foreign sovereigns, courts later justified their decisions out of deference to the autonomy of private parties or to the political branches.). 119 . Giving the executive branch authority to make case-by-case determinations under doctrines of international comity is a bad idea. endobj 164, 167 (1870). a court may not substitute its own construction of a statutory provision for a reasonable interpretation made by the administrator of an agency). 176 135 Statutory prescription bearing on (a) Export Processing Zone Authority (b) BOI Registered industries (c) Multi-national corporations Close See The Sapphire, 78 U.S. (11 Wall.) Similarly, Joseph Beale observed that [t]he doctrine seems really to mean only that in certain cases the sovereign is not prevented by any principle of international law, but only by his own choice, from establishing any rule he pleases for the conflict of laws. Other doctrines of international comity expressly reject a reciprocity requirement. 1827) (Porter, J.)) No. The problem with these phrasesand particularly with the latteris that they are liable to be misunderstood as referring to comity by courts rather than comity to courts. v. GE Med. But in the first half of the twentieth century, this territorial approach gave way to the more flexible framework of International Shoe Co. v. Washington, which required only certain minimum contacts with [the forum] such that the maintenance of the suit does not offend traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice. <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 47>>stream + 56 0 obj Close, Categorizing the international comity doctrines in this way reveals how each of them fits into a larger picture. 121 The Santissima Trinidad, 20 U.S. (7 Wheat.) It is an inherent attribute of sovereignty. <>stream And finally, even when a U.S. court takes jurisdiction, comity has been deemed relevant to how that jurisdiction is exercised with respect to matters such as the discovery of evidence abroad under the Hague Evidence Convention. 109 Thus, prescriptive comity operates as a principle of restraint in American law chiefly through the presumption against extraterritoriality and the doctrine of foreign state compulsion. Banks v. Greenleaf, 2 F. Cas. 222 Dredging Co. v. Miller, 510 U.S. 443, 467 (1994) (Kennedy, J., dissenting) (noting forum non conveniens defense promotes comity and trade). Is the assessment valid? The doctrine is also sometimes called foreign sovereign compulsion. Id. Allowing the Executive to tell courts which cases to dismiss does not. 407 is compromised by case-by-case, selective determinations of jurisdiction by the Executive). . 188(3). 345 . There is no international law rule requiring the exhaustion of local remedies before a claim is brought in another domestic court. 31, pages 262-262. It is true that courts sometimes justify the extension of comity through assumptions about what the legislature would want. 366 136 113 at 773 (Powell, J., concurring) (I would be uncomfortable with a doctrine which would require the judiciary to receive the Executives permission before invoking its jurisdiction.); id. Close 187 . at 41011 (rejecting argument that unfriendliness, including severance of diplomatic relations, should lead to denial of privilege). Westlaw shows more than 470 quotations of this passage, or parts of it, by state and federal courts since Hilton. 94 The Restatement departed from Timberlane by conceptualizing this balancing of interests not as a requirement of comity but a rule of international law. Id. In most of the preceding examples, American courts used comity to address problems created by a strictly territorial view of sovereigntyhow to explain the enforcement of a foreign law or judgment outside the foreign states territory, or the decision not to exercise jurisdiction over a foreign sovereign inside the United States territory. 76 244 Socit Nationale Industrielle Arospatiale v. U.S. Dist. It is based on the assumption that Congress is primarily concerned with domestic conditions.); see also William S. Dodge, Understanding the Presumption Against Extraterritoriality, 16 Berkeley J. Intl L. 85, 11719 (1998) (discussing domestic conditions rationale). Law Inst. See infra notes 316321 and accompanying text (discussing criticism of comity as discretionary). . As this territorial view of sovereignty weakened, however, comity came to play new roles in American law. 283 Respect for foreign sovereignty seemed a more natural fit. endobj 1985). The act of state doctrine operates as a rule rather than a standard, (We once viewed the [act of state] doctrine as an expression of international law, resting upon the highest considerations of international comity and expediency. (quoting Oetjen v. Cent. (considering personal jurisdiction over a British manufacturer of scrap metal machines). Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. ,.. *zgSL=/\., *BMdxVV lC8z6c^q; x/2@3P#yx,%WX[-LttDb c?/iI 333 155 22 Close Chewing Gum Corp., 453 F.2d 435, 440 (3d Cir. . Close 764), Free exercise of religion = basis of tax exemption, G. R. No. Close endobj Close 65 250 w3TPI2T0 BC#=3\. Va. 1799) (No. Close 2011) (noting deference suggested in Sosa could implicate a number of the factors identified in Baker v. Carr, a leading political question case), vacated on other grounds, 527 F. Appx 7 (D.C. Cir. See Sabbatino, 376 U.S. at 423 ([The act of state doctrine] expresses the strong sense of the Judicial Branch that. be required to sacrifice its own interests in favour of another; or to enforce doctrines which, in a moral or political view, are incompatible with its own safety or happiness, or conscientious regard to justice and duty. Close Close Close or to those not recognized by this country. . But it is ultimately courts that interpret and apply these rules, sometimes relying on background principles of prescriptive comity to do so. 411 July 4, 2012 (690 Phil. 175 U.S. 677, 694 (1900); see also Crawford, supra note 24, at 24 ([P]articular rules of comity, maintained consistently without reservation, may develop into rules of customary law.). deference to foreign tribunals is termed adjudicative comity, See F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. v. Empagran S.A., 542 U.S. 155, 168 (2004) (rejecting case-by-case approach to prescriptive comity as too complex to prove workable). 164 In most circuits, international comity abstention is simply an application to foreign proceedings of the federalstate abstention doctrine articulated in Colorado River, 15 272 Choong Yong, 837 F.2d 33, 37 (2d Cir. The first has long made comity an object of criticism. For a discussion of the relationship between customary international law and comity with respect to immunity today, see infra notes 300301 and accompanying text. id. that courts should defer when the executive informs them that this doctrine should not apply in a particular case. Id. If only the first statement is correct. Tectonics Corp., Intl, 493 U.S. 400, 404 (1990) (Scalia, J.) Close 59 See D.J. 288 348 248 115(1)(b) (That a rule of international law or a provision of an international agreement is superseded as domestic law does not relieve the United States of its international obligation or of the consequences of a violation of that obligation.). See id. 357 But see Am. 194 International comity connotes courtesy between nations. 415 . <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 47>>stream Close while the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) sets forth rules to determine when foreign states may be sued in federal and state courts. International comity connotes courtesy between nations.TRUE 5. Close Close 264 Close ('CCI') in the case XYZ (confidential) v. Vifor International. 379 (1985); Kathleen M. Sullivan, The Supreme Court, 1991 TermForeword: The Justices of Rules and Standards, 106 Harv. Thus, in personal injury suits, the local law of the state where the injury occurred generally applies, 335 In Oetjen v. Central Leather Co., the Supreme Court said that the act of state doctrine rests upon the highest considerations of international comity and expediency and that to question the validity of a foreign act of state would very certainly imperil the amicable relations between governments and vex the peace of nations. Close But see Joel R. Paul, The Transformation of International Comity, Law & Contemp. 216 The Supreme Court has repeatedly emphasized the virtually unflagging obligation of the federal courts to exercise the jurisdiction given them. 149 In the Arospatiale case, for example, the Supreme Court had to decide whether to require first resort to the Hague Evidence Convention for the gathering of evidence abroad. at 165. Id. 19 11 0 obj The result is the first comprehensive account of international comity applied by U.S. courts. Some of those exceptions are mandatory. 388 Id. Collection of taxes in the absence of a law is violative of the Constitutionalrequirement for due process.TRUE 6. Many are designed to mitigate the possibility of parallel proceedings, which the Supreme Courts expansion of personal jurisdiction in International Shoe made more likely. See id. Close . 22 0 obj 376 See Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Nat. Close Close 69 Mfg. Close Lower courts have also required a comity analysis before ordering compliance with an injunction that would require violating foreign law. With a number of these international comity doctrines, the Supreme Court has emphasized that the determination is committed to the sound discretion of the trial court. The question, the Ninth Circuit wrote in Timberlane, was whether American authority should be asserted in a given case as a matter of international comity and fairness. <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 47>>stream No. endstream . (quoting Verlinden, 461 U.S. at 486)). Colorado River, 424 U.S. at 818. of Iowa, 482 U.S. 522, 54142 (1987). Close Close Close 371 Close Judge Cardozo called comity a misleading word that has been fertile in suggesting a discretion unregulated by general principles. 1987) (This section states the principle of reasonableness as a rule of international law.). Close 69 0 obj 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 Feb 27, 2017 (806 Phil. See, e.g., Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 38 U.S. (13 Pet.) <>stream For a critique, see David B. Massey, Note, How the American Law Institute Influences Customary Law: The Reasonableness Requirement of the Restatement of Foreign Relations Law, 22 Yale J. Intl L. 419, 42834 (1997) (arguing section 403 does not reflect customary international law). 254 213 90 397 2. 2023-01-18T11:42:22-08:00 International law binds the United States on the international plane, while international comity allows the United States to decide for itself how much recognition or restraint to give in deference to foreign government actors. See Altmann, 541 U.S. at 702 ([S]hould the State Department choose to express its opinion on the implications of exercising jurisdiction over particular petitioners in connection with their alleged conduct, that opinion might well be entitled to deference as the considered judgment of the Executive on a particular question of foreign policy.); infra notes 386388 and accompanying text (discussing Altmann). Close But the Court also faulted the Ninth Circuit for ignoring the risks to international comity its expansive view of general jurisdiction posed. 4. 665, 678 (La. 1, 2014) (noting even discretionary grounds for nonrecognition of foreign judgments are mostly mandatory in practice). endobj 117 Close Close 386), Compulsory sterilization of the intellectually weak. <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 47>>stream Close Mar 6, 2013 (705 Phil. endstream Close Adjudicative comity also limits district courts in granting antisuit injunctions and ordering the discovery of information located abroad. (misquotation). Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino, 376 U.S. 398, 436 (1964). 46 , it was generally assumed that the recognition of foreign judgments was governed by state rather than federal law. (referring to international comity to limit interference with internal affairs of foreign-flag ship); Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. 692, 761 (2004) (Breyer, J., concurring in part and concurring in the judgment) (referring to notions of comity that lead each nation to respect the sovereign rights of other nations by limiting the reach of its laws and their enforcement). See, e.g., Holmes v. Remsen, 4 Johns. by the comity of nations.). Rev. See, e.g., Pennoyer v. Neff, 95 U.S. 714, 722 (1877) (observing because [t]he several States are of equal dignity and authority,. [4] Taxation respects international comity. Because the securities in Morrison had been purchased on a foreign stock exchange, the Court held that plaintiffs failed to state a claim under section 10(b). 97 Counsel cited Huber and courts relied on him. 34 Forum non conveniens is an exception that applies in certain narrow circumstances. Some foreign officials are immune from suit based on their status. 95. 412 The first myth goes back at least to the early nineteenth century. These different ways of exercising adjudicative comity can best be viewed as parts of a larger whole. Close <>stream Scholars echo these complaints. Customary international law does not require the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. See, e.g., Sung Hwan Co. v. Rite Aid Corp., 850 N.E.2d 647, 65051 (N.Y. 2006) (characterizing 1962 Uniform Act as adoption of well-settled comity principles); Kwongyuen Hangkee Co. v. Starr Fireworks, Inc., 634 N.W.2d 95, 97 (S.D. 167 All kinds of hybrid combinations are possible.). 173 44 . G.R. The Santissima Trinidad, 20 U.S. (7 Wheat.) . 218 American courts in the nineteenth century tended to follow Huber in this regard. Close Ct. Rev. Holdings SE, 763 F.3d 198, 216 (2d Cir. 389 Tectonics Corp., Intl, 493 U.S. 400, 409 (1990) (The act of state doctrine does not establish an exception for cases and controversies that may embarrass foreign governments, but merely requires that, in the process of deciding, the acts of foreign sovereigns taken within their own jurisdictions shall be deemed valid.); infra note 338 and accompanying text (discussing act of state doctrine). See, e.g., Hartford Fire Ins. 2015) (characterizing its holding as prudential exhaustion requirement based on international comity concerns). on the Judiciary, Define Jurisdiction of U.S. Courts in Suits Against Foreign States, S. Rep. No. . + 176, 194 (Can.) Changes in international law have sometimes created new roles for international comity, and rules of international comity have sometimes evolved into rules of international law. G.R. a (Am. First, it bolstered the use of comity as a principle of restraint. endobj . 41 0 obj .). Campbell McLachlan has astutely observed that lis pendens does not require adoption of a first-seized rule. F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. v. Empagran S.A., 542 U.S. 155, 164 (2004) (Breyer, J.). endobj 222 cmt. 51 Close Close Close . Co. of Can. Close, Finally, in the context of litigation under the Alien Tort Statute, the Supreme Court has raised the possibility of case-specific deference to the political branches, stating that there is a strong argument that federal courts should give serious weight to the Executive Branchs view of the cases impact on foreign policy. 2011) (noting foreign state compulsion doctrine acknowledges comity principles by accommodating the interests of equal sovereigns and giving due deference to the official acts of foreign governments); Trugman-Nash, Inc. v. N.Z. B. I and II only. 285 Close Conduct-based immunity differs from status-based immunity in two respects: (1) it extends only to suits based on official acts; and (2) it lasts even after the foreign official leaves office. 397 endobj . 56 . . Local Tax Code as of its amendment by PD 426. Id. 133 S. Ct. 1659, 1664 (2013) (quoting Arabian Am. With these new roles came new justifications for comity, specifically public interests in sovereignty and fostering friendly relations with other nations, which ultimately eclipsed comitys original rationale of commercial convenience serving private interests. 293 Huber, supra note 74, at 164; see also Story, supra note 54, 25, at 31 (No nation can. First, international comity is not just recognition but deferencea word that captures comitys use both as a principle of recognition and as a principle of restraint. See Emory v. Grenough, 3 U.S. (3 Dall.) 47 0 obj In some areas of foreign relations law, like sovereign immunity and prescriptive jurisdiction, doctrines of international comity are layered on top of rules of international law. Like Huber and Story, Gray noted the territorial sovereigns discretion not to enforce foreign law against its own interests. No rule of customary international law requires the recognition of foreign law, 125678. See, e.g., Mannington Mills, Inc. v. Congoleum Corp., 595 F.2d 1287, 129798 (3d Cir. 44 at 6471 (discussing conduct-based immunity). 310 81 356 58 23 The doctrines of American law that mediate the relationship between the U.S. legal system and those of other nations are nearly all manifestations of international comityfrom the conflict of laws to the presumption against extraterritoriality; from the recognition of foreign judgments to the doctrines limiting adjudicative jurisdiction in international cases; and from a foreign governments privilege of bringing suit in the U.S. courts to the doctrines of foreign sovereign immunity. When an American court recognizes a foreign judgment, it restrains the exercise of its own authority to decide the merits of that case. 134 See, e.g., Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino, 376 U.S. 398, 41112 (1964) (rejecting reciprocity requirement for foreign governments privilege of bringing suit in U.S. courts); Restatement (Second) of Conflicts of Laws 6 cmt. Close subject to a number of presumptive rules for recognizing foreign law. .). TEST BANK-INCOME TAXATION CHAPTER 1-GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS OF TAXATION A.MULTIPLE CHOICE: 1. xs 146 procedures compatible with. endstream 33 Close See Daimler AG v. Bauman, 134 S. Ct. 746, 763 (2014) (noting risks to international comity posed by expansive view of general jurisdiction). endstream xs 19 306 a (Am. 1782). . Close Close 46 Some have asserted that this discretion must be exercised on a case-by-case basis and that the executive branch is more competent to apply the doctrines of international comity. 257 Close. 2934, 2012 O.J. Section 2(b) of the Torture Victim Protection Act imposes an exhaustion requirement by statute for human rights claims brought under that act. 134 S. Ct. 746, 761 (2014) (quoting Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S.A. v. Brown, 131 S. Ct. 2846, 2851 (2011)). . As former State Department Legal Adviser John Bellinger has noted, the same dynamic is likely to play itself out in the context of foreign official immunity, where the State Department currently claims unreviewable discretion to make case-by-case immunity determinations: I wonder whether, in a few years time, the Legal Advisers Office will be in that same situation again, seeking another kind of FOIAa Foreign Officials Immunities Actjust as 40 years ago it sought the FSIA to relieve the burden and political pressure of having to file statements of sovereign immunity in every case. 32 221 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Recast), 2012 O.J. . Law Inst., Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments: Analysis and Proposed Federal Statute 11 cmt. <>stream . endobj depends upon what our greatest jurists have been content to call the comity of nations); see also Croudson v. Leonard, 8 U.S. (4 Cranch) 434, 437 (1808) (noting spirit of comity lies behind enforcement of foreign judgments). L. Rev. 15 See Matar v. Dichter, 563 F.3d 9, 15 (2d Cir. Close Close, It is worth noting that the boundaries between international law and international comity may shift over time. 17 H Since Intel, lower courts have recognized international comity as the underlying basis of 1782, 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. Recently, the Supreme Court has relied on international comity to reinforce limits on personal jurisdiction under the Due Process Clause itself. (rejecting idea of discretionary authority to avoid parallel proceedings and stating no federal court can escape from its duty, in any case, which congress has confided to its jurisdiction). xS**T0T0 Bid]" e .). 166 to violate the law of the foreign country in which such workplace is located. After the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, the world was understood to be divided into separate and independent states whose territorial sovereignty was deemed to be exclusive and absolute. 392 As with the recognition of foreign law, See id. 2008) (Comity remains the basis for recognizing foreign judgments not covered by the act. 665, 678 (La. 17 Posner & Sunstein, supra note 33, at 1205. Because of its expertise in foreign relations, 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. 128 Microsoft Corp. v. Motorola, Inc., 696 F.3d 872, 886 (9th Cir. Close <>stream endobj xs v. United States, 424 U.S. 800, 817 (1976); see also Lexmark Intl, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 1377, 1386 (2014) (quoting Colorado River); Sprint Commcns, Inc. v. Jacobs, 134 S. Ct. 584, 591 (2013) (quoting Colorado River). See Landis v. N. Am. As this Article defines it, international comity is deference to foreign government actors that is not required by international law but is incorporated in domestic law. 176 just a decade later the Court looked to principles of prescriptive comity to limit the extraterritorial reach of American antitrust law in F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. v. Empagran S.A. 217 xs xS**T0T0 Bid]" a FALSE 8. 172), G.R. See 11 U.S.C. 141 at 5464 (providing contract theory analysis); see also id. v. Tremblay, 223 U.S. 185, 190 (1912) (holding Supreme Court had no jurisdiction to review state courts decision on recognition of foreign judgment). 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