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- noun law The failure to
apply an existinglaw ,rule ,regulation etc.
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The best argument for the nonapplication of the FSIA would be that whatever actions the Pope took were not in its role as an official actor of a foreign state, but instead as an employer of an employee acting in a non-sovereign capacity — this is a murky road that I believe some courts have already attempted to parse through as to the Vatican more generally.
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The best argument for the nonapplication of the FSIA would be that whatever actions the Pope took were not in its role as an official actor of a foreign state, but instead as an employer of an employee acting in a non-sovereign capacity — this is a murky road that I believe some courts have already attempted to parse through as to the Vatican more generally.
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In the Florida Case, notwithstanding the fact that the defendant pleaded guilty and accordingly obviated the necessity of applying the _prima facie_ presumption provision, the Court reached an identical result, chiefly on the ground that the presumption provision, despite its nonapplication, "had a coercive effect in producing the plea of guilty."
The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Edward Samuel Corwin 1920
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So in the absence a perfect system to know ex ante who’s been naughty and nice, the nonapplication of the laws of war doesn’t resolve very much.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Senator Graham on Torture and the Geneva Convention: 2005
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So in the absence a perfect system to know ex ante who’s been naughty and nice, the nonapplication of the laws of war doesn’t resolve very much.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Senator Graham on Torture and the Geneva Convention: 2005
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