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To the Co-Editors in Cheif

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Seymour J. Rubin*
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Of the Board of Editors
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1997

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1 It might also be noted here that, on August 23, 1996, the Inter-American Juridical Committee, in response to a request for an opinion by the OAS General Assembly, unanimously approved its Resolution CJI/RES.II-14/96, to which was annexed the committee’s opinion on the legality under international law of legislation “whose content is similar to diat of the Helms-Burton Act.” Focusing on the protection of property rights of nationals and the extraterritorial exercise of jurisdiction, the committee concluded that in diese “significant areas … the bases and potential application of the legislation … are not in conformity with international law.” OAS Doc. CJI/SO/II/doc.67/96, rev.5, at 6. The opinion is reprinted in 35 ILM 1322 (1996).