Government of the United States of America v Bowe

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date04 August 1989
Date04 August 1989
CourtPrivy Council
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3 books & journal articles
  • The extradition and return of fugitive offenders - applicability of human rights considerations
    • Barbados
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 5-1, June 1995
    • 1 Junio 1995
    ...this reasoning the Privy Council was adopting reasoning of Melville J. in the 1976 Jamaican case of R. v. D.P.P., ex p. Schwarz. 32 31 [1990] 1 A.C. 500 at 525-527. 32 (1976) 24 W.I.R. 491 at 493-494. The approval of this reasoning was given notwithstanding that the Privy Council evidently ......
  • Conspiracy to Defraud: Gilmore Decision Highlights Gap in UK Extradition Law
    • United Kingdom
    • Emerald Journal of Financial Crime No. 6-3, January 1999
    • 1 Enero 1999
    ...or conspiracy to contravene the Theft Act 1968. It was submitted that the decision of the Privy Council in US Gov-ernment v Bowe [1989] 3 All ER 315, [1990] 1 AC 500, which held that the expression 'crimes or offences or attempted crimes or offences in con-nection with the traffic in danger......
  • Extradition, surrender and state responsibility in the case of the Bahamas
    • Barbados
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 3-2, December 1993
    • 1 Diciembre 1993
    ...Council 1935 ('the Order in Council') applied the Extradition Acts 1870-1932, inter alia, to 'all British Colonies' of which the 25 [1989] 3 All E.R. 315,323. Bahamas was one. It therefore had legislative effect in the then colony of the Bahamas ... As a statutory instrument and/or as an in......

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