This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...parts of the Empire; for Article 2 of the Constitution does not permit imperial legislation as a matter of course to override local laws, except within the strict limits of the territories of the new Empire as it stood in 1871, when no German colonial possessions existed. Neither do the protectorates, from a commercial ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...parts of the Empire; for Article 2 of the Constitution does not permit imperial legislation as a matter of course to override local laws, except within the strict limits of the territories of the new Empire as it stood in 1871, when no German colonial possessions existed. Neither do the protectorates, from a commercial point of view, belong to the customs territories of the German Empire under the 'Zollverein '; and they are, therefore, not subject to the general imperial laws regulating customs and taxes, but only to separate ones of their own. Indeed, up to the year 1893 they were treated entirely as foreign countries in tariff matters, and were charged the rates of the higher or' autonomous' import duties. It is only since that year that imports from German colonial possessions have enjoyed the privileges of the lower or conventional tariff, on the same footing as those foreign nations which have either a special tariff treaty or the right to most-favoured-nation treatment. There has been an agitation at times for the accordance of special privileges, below those lower duties, for imports of German colonial produce into the Empire. But, so far, preferential trade with the mother country has not been conceded to them, nor is it likely to be granted in the near future. The constitutional position of these protectorates is a most peculiar one in many respects, for they have a curious dual character in the eye of the law. In some instances they are treated as on a par with the single Federated States of the Empire, and in others they are placed almost on the footing of foreign countries. For example, in the former capacity they have now, by special application of certain imperial legislative measures with some necessary modifications, the same civil, crimina...
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