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..... validly in certain sales promotions owned and operated by eurofinance sa. the trustees were to hold the capital and income of tct for the beneficiaries and subject thereto for eurofinance sa as beneficiary in default. the promotion, known ..... agreeing)) was based exclusively on the statutory power to assist foreign insolvency proceedings under section 426 of the insolvency act 1986, but lord hoffmann (with whom lord walker agreed) also considered that such a power existed at common law ..... ), the institut de droit international (1888-1912) and the hague conference on private international law (1904): nadelmann, op. cit. pp 299 et seq. 22. in more modern times, the european convention on certain international aspects of bankruptcy (the ..... not regarded as being "civil and commercial matters." thus the 1961 convention with the federal republic of germany of 1961 (the reciprocal enforcement of foreign judgments (germany) order) (si 1961/1199) provided in article i(6) that the expression "judgments .....
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..... are more deeply embedded in the fabric of our na- spending mechanisms. for example, a government with a general income tax, wanting to add $7,000 to the spendable income of a preacher whose top tax rate is 30%, has two ways of subsidizing him. the government can send the preacher a check for $10, ..... here would comprehend any writing advocating a philosophic position that rests upon a belief in a deity or ultimate reality. see webster's third new international dictionary 1815 (1961) (defining "promote" as "to contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of: further, encourage"). and the term "manifests" would bring within the scope ..... day and turn their backs on them the next. [for example,] ... [t]en years after proposing the first amendment, congress passed the alien and sedition acts, measures patently unconstitutional by modern standards. if the early congress's political actions were determinative, and not merely relevant, evidence of constitutional meaning, we would have .....
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..... missouri, 639 f.supp. at 53-55. [ footnote 8 ] the district court also imposed a 1.5% surcharge on the state income tax levied within the kcmsd. 672 f.supp. 400, 412 (wd mo.1987). the income tax surcharge was reversed by the eighth circuit. 855 f.2d 1295, 1315-1316 (1988). respondents did not cross-petition to challenge this aspect ..... , december 18, 1764, reprinted in the stamp act crisis 41 (e. morgan ed. 1952). the power of taxation is one that the federal judiciary does not possess. in our system "the legislative department alone has access to the pockets of the people," the federalist no. 48, 334 (j. cooke ed. 1961) (j. madison), for it is the legislature ..... , and ever will be pursued, until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit." the federalist, no. 51, p. 352 (j. cooke ed. 1961). in pursuing the demand of justice for racial equality, i fear that the court today loses sight of other basic political liberties guaranteed by our constitutional system, liberties that can .....
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