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Norris v. Government of the United States of America and Others (No 1)

United Kingdom, England.  12 March 2008 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Extradition — Extradition offences — Double criminality — Whether price-fixing without aggravating features a common law crime in United Kingdom — Restrictive trade practices — Transposition and substitution — Legal certainty — No one to be punished under a law unless it is sufficiently clear and certain — No one to be punished for an act which was not clearly and ascertainably punishable when committed — Whether “offence test” or “conduct test” of double criminality applying under Extradition Act 2003 — Public interest — Passage of time as potential risk to fair trial — Interference with European Convention on Human Rights Article 8 rights

Human rights — Right to freedom from interference with private and family life — Article 8 of European Convention on Human Rights, 1950 — Human Rights Act 1998 — Compatibility of extradition with human rights — Section 87 of Extradition Act 2003

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950 — Human Rights Act 1998 — Extradition Act 2003 — Whether extradition compatible with Convention rights — The law of England

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Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2017

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