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Riley and Butler v. The Commonwealth

Australia.  18 December 1985 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Extradition — Double criminality — Nature of requirement — Whether offence must be one known to legal systems of requesting and requested States — Whether sufficient that conduct would be criminal in both countries — Crime for which extradition sought not known as such to law of requested State — Extradition Treaty between Australia and the United States, 1974 — Extradition (Foreign States) Act 1966 (Commonwealth) — The law of Australia

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© Cambridge University Press 1992

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