State and Local Economic Sanctions : Constitutional Issues.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law.

International economic relations.

Sanctions (International law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (6 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.

System Details:

text file

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.

Notes:

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.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. State and Local Economic Sanctions

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