In re Schmidt

Title: In re Schmidt

Description:

Extradition — Nature of extradition proceedings — Relationship between Executive and judicial roles in extradition — Safeguards against abuse of process — Whether courts of requested State entitled to refuse extradition on the ground that the accused was tricked into entering the requested State — Importance of extradition arrangements — European Convention on ExtraditionHuman rights — Liberty of person — Right not to be deprived of liberty except in accordance with law — Accused person tricked into leaving one State and visiting another — Whether violation of law of first State — Role of courts in second StateJurisdiction — Executive — Allegedly illegal arrest and detention — Role of courts in relation to abuse of process — Accused person tricked into leaving first State and entering second State — Extradition from second State then sought by authorities of third State — Whether comparable to cases of forcible abduction — The law of England.