Increasing Amount Of US States Seek To Ban Foreign Laws
US States Looking To Ban Foreign Laws
A growing amount of US states are seeking to ban the applicability of foreign law, believing it to exert too much influence over US courts reports the USA today.
North Carolina last month became the seventh state to pass such legislation following in the footsteps of Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Tennessee.
The law bars judges from considering foreign law in their decisions, including sharia.
Critics argue the steps are unnecessary and could complicate international business and contract law together with international prenuptial agreements.
Thailand lawyers have confirmed that the Conflict of Law Act in Thailand controls any international conflicts. Therefore by way of example, within Thai courts the laws of the nation where an international prenuptial agreement was signed will determine the validity of the agreement.
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