Originally Posted by RomeoTango
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Just for clarification, do the US Courts rule on International Law? Is this body of laws even admissible in US Courts?
In simplest terms, "International" Law is a fancy term for custom; in general, it can only be enforced through prosecution in some nation's court system.

Pseudo-international courts like the ICJ can rule on (but not enforce) an action brought by one nation against another, but in this particular case, the US court system is the proper venue -- assuming TC's legal justification is correct, of course.

Please explain away the financial penalties that are imposed, with successful enforcement provisions, by the World Trade Organization.

Please explain away the various individuals who are now or at some point in their lives have been sitting in jail because of convictions in the World Court. Do you not consider trials and jail terms actually served to be examples of actual enforcement?


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