EQUITY EXTRATERRITORIALITY

Territoriality is a foundational principle of international order, and U.S. laws have always operated on a territorial basis. However, when U.S. jurisprudence speaks of extraterritorial application of its laws, it is usually assessing whether the legislature or the court has jurisdiction over person...

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Veröffentlicht in:Duke journal of comparative & international law 2017-09, Vol.28 (1), p.99
1. Verfasser: Park, S. Nathan
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Territoriality is a foundational principle of international order, and U.S. laws have always operated on a territorial basis. However, when U.S. jurisprudence speaks of extraterritorial application of its laws, it is usually assessing whether the legislature or the court has jurisdiction over persons, properties and conducts outside of the territorial borders of the United States. This paper argues that such a conception of the extraterritoriality doctrine only reveals half of the picture, because U.S. courts may indirectly apply U.S. law beyond U.S. borders through extraterritorial court orders without relying on extraterritorial jurisdiction. I term such exercise of extraterritorial power "Equity Extraterritoriality, " because the court's power to make such extraterritorial orders stems from the equity tradition.
ISSN:1053-6736