{"title":"A Question of Values: Continuing Divergences between U.S. and International Refugee Norms","authors":"C. P. Blum","doi":"10.15779/Z38V939","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15779/Z38V939","url":null,"abstract":"When the comprehensive Refugee Act was passed in 1980, it was hailed as \"one of the most important pieces of humanitarian legislation ever enacted by a United States Congress.\"' The Refugee Act was one of the first U.S. laws that sought to codify U.S. obligations pursuant to a United Nations multilateral human rights treaty. 2 To that extent, it was a significant step forward in bringing the U.S. into compliance with its international human rights obligations. But international human rights treaties are much more than the four corners of a document, to be codified in domestic law. They represent a set of political values, collectively understood, to guarantee and respect the life, liberty and security of individuals by their governments.3 This is the essence of the social","PeriodicalId":325917,"journal":{"name":"Berkeley Journal of International Law","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124449368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recognizing the Rights of Indigenous People to Their Traditional Lands: A Case Study of an Internally-Displaced Community in Guatemala","authors":"M. Holley","doi":"10.15779/Z38BD2V","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15779/Z38BD2V","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":325917,"journal":{"name":"Berkeley Journal of International Law","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134044071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The U.S. International Tax Treatment of Partnerships: A Policy-Based Approach","authors":"David L. Forst","doi":"10.15779/Z38W93N","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15779/Z38W93N","url":null,"abstract":"As the use of partnerships as vehicles for international investment has increased, corresponding attention has been given to the U.S. tax issues associated with international partnerships.' The resolution of these tax issues, however, can be elusive. Tax treatment is often uncertain because entities that the U.S. treats as partnerships are chameleon-like. Although the distinguishing feature of a partnership (as opposed to a corporation) under U.S. tax law is that its profits and losses are recognized by its individual partners, in the analysis of subtler issues it is often unclear whether a partnership should be viewed as a mere aggregate of its partners or as a separate, stand-alone entity. Uncertain tax treatment also arises in the international context with respect to hybrid entities-the situation where one nation characterizes an entity as a partnership while another nation characterizes it as a corporation.' These issues have become more prominent since the IRS issued regulations that permit taxpayers to elect whether most domestic unincorporated business associations and many foreign business associations should be treated for federal tax purposes as corporations or partnerships (or in some cases as branches). 3","PeriodicalId":325917,"journal":{"name":"Berkeley Journal of International Law","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127277970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Article III, the Foreign Relations Power, and the Binational Panel System of NAFTA","authors":"E. Boyer","doi":"10.15779/Z382066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15779/Z382066","url":null,"abstract":"The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) creates a free trade zone between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. To safeguard against biased application of antidumping and countervailing duty law, NAFTA creates a binational panel review system. The novelty of the binational panel system, however, raises serious constitutional concerns. After examining Article II1 of the United States Constitution, the foreign relations power, and the decisions interpreting them, the author argues that NAFTA 's binational panel system does not violate the principles and requirements of Article II.","PeriodicalId":325917,"journal":{"name":"Berkeley Journal of International Law","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131026866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Antitrust and Technology Transfer Licensing Interface: A Comparative Analysis of Current Developments","authors":"Howard W. Fogt, I. Gotts","doi":"10.15779/Z38F94K","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15779/Z38F94K","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":325917,"journal":{"name":"Berkeley Journal of International Law","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125616040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corporate Income Tax Reform in the United States: Proposals for Integration of the Corporate and Individual Income Taxes, and International Aspects","authors":"J. K. McNulty","doi":"10.15779/Z38TH1D","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15779/Z38TH1D","url":null,"abstract":"Recent tax reform proposals by the American Law Institute and the United States Treasury Department have revived the debate over whether the United States should retain separate individual and corporate income taxes. Integrating the corporate and individual income taxes would present domestic and international challenges. The author analyzes the recent proposals for tax reform and recommends a course of action for the United States or any nation reconsidering its tax policy.","PeriodicalId":325917,"journal":{"name":"Berkeley Journal of International Law","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116821349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The European Community's Value-Added Tax System: Analysis of the New Transitional Regime and Prospects for Further Harmonization","authors":"C. Hart","doi":"10.15779/Z386S7Q","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15779/Z386S7Q","url":null,"abstract":"R EGIM E .................................................... 7 IV. THE TRANSITIONAL REGIME ........................................ 9 A. Purpose, Theory, and Basic Concepts of the Transitional R egim e ................................................. 9 B. Obligations, under the General VAT Scheme ............... 16 1. Registration for the VAT .............................. 16 2. VAT Identification Number ............................ 18 3. Accounts and the VAT Register ........................ 20 4. Invoices ............................................. 21 5. Filing of Returns and Payment of Taxes ................ 23 6. Recapitulative Statement .............................. 24 a. Exempt Intra-Community Supplies .................. 27","PeriodicalId":325917,"journal":{"name":"Berkeley Journal of International Law","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126937644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reforming Japan's Securities Markets: The Loss Compensation Scandal","authors":"C. Char","doi":"10.15779/Z38CH2B","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15779/Z38CH2B","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":325917,"journal":{"name":"Berkeley Journal of International Law","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114449565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unsatisfactory Response to the International Problem of Thin Capitalization: Can Regulations Save the Earnings Stripping Provision, An","authors":"Robert J. Misey","doi":"10.15779/Z38PW68","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15779/Z38PW68","url":null,"abstract":"The Internal Revenue Code (the \"Code\") contains a bias toward financing a corporation with debt instead of equity. The Code subjects corporate distributions on equity to double taxation. The Code first taxes the corporation for the net income it earns.1 It then taxes the equity-holder for receipt of a dividend from the corporation.2 On the other hand, the Code imposes a tax on corporate distributions to debtholders only once. The debtholder pays tax on the inteiest income he receives, but the corporation may deduct the payment as an interest expense. 3 For this reason, an equityholder has the incentive to characterize additional contributions to a corporation as debt in order to minimize its tax burden.4 This tax incentive creates a problem as corporations are encouraged to finance their capital structure with excessive debt. Corporations with a","PeriodicalId":325917,"journal":{"name":"Berkeley Journal of International Law","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115766272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"International Commerce through a Foreign Subsidiary: Navigating the Anti-Haven Tax Shoals of the Internal Revenue Code","authors":"Ernest R. Larkins","doi":"10.15779/Z385W63","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15779/Z385W63","url":null,"abstract":"Traditionally, one of the advantages of doing business abroad through a foreign subsidiary has been the possibility of using tax havens to minimize foreign income taxes and, at the same time, defer the offshore profits for U.S. income tax purposes. As long as the foreign earnings that accumulated in the tax haven were not remitted to the United States, the U.S. tax bill was delayed. There are several Internal Revenue Code provisions, however, that curb or, in some cases, totally eliminate deferral benefits sought in this manner. Among these are the formidable Subpart F rules for controlled foreign corporations and the passive foreign investment company provisions. Nonetheless, with careful tax planning, foreign subsidiaries that engage in certain types of offshore business activities, notably manufacturing, can still navigate around these anti-haven tax shoals and enjoy substantial deferral benefits. Other foreign subsidiaries, in contrast to traditional wisdom, may set their course directly toward these anti-haven tax shoals in order to secure significant foreign tax credits. Due to the reduced corporate rates introduced by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, most U.S. multinational companies today find themselves in excess tax credit positions.' Accordingly, any foreign taxes they pay above the U.S. statutory rate of 34% are not allowed as a credit against their U.S. tax liability, a fact that directly reduces the company's bottom line, unless it can utilize these \"excess\" credits during the statutory carryover period. In many cases, companies can capture tax advantages by shifting some overseas operations from high-tax jurisdictions to low-tax jurisdictions. Shifting operations","PeriodicalId":325917,"journal":{"name":"Berkeley Journal of International Law","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128457783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}