U.S. courts have a long-standing tradition of recognizing or enforcing the laws and court rulings of other nations as an exercise of international "comity." Prior to the enactment of chapter 15 of the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

"Comity" is a principle of jurisprudence whereby, under appropriate circumstances, one country recognizes within its borders the legislative, executive, or judicial acts of another nation. Many recent ...

This term of the court has had plenty of arguably boring cases on statutory interpretation, pre-emption and procedure. But every now and then a low-key case comes along that results in an argument ...

Weighing in on an issue where there is apparently no U.S. Supreme Court guidance, the Second Circuit has held that although comity bars a federal court from hearing a dispute over a state tax penalty, ...

The Holocaust (in Hebrew Shoah, or “destruction”) comes to the Supreme Court on Monday. Republic of Hungary v. Simon and Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp require the justices to decide whether ...

Joel Thayer is the president of the Digital Progress Institute. A fundamental principle of international law is comity—the mutual respect sovereign nations afford one another in enforcing their laws.

THE ISSUE: Now in the minority, Senate Republicans call for a return of fair play. THE STAKES: Actions, not words, will prove their sincerity. Advertisement Article continues below this ad Now that ...