Add to ORKGCrime is usually territorial. It is a matter of the law of the place where it occurs. Nevertheless, a surprising number of American criminal laws apply outside of the United States. Application is generally a question of legislative intent, expressed or implied. In either case, it most often involves crimes committed aboard a ship or airplane, crimes condemned by international treaty, crimes committed against government employees or property, or crimes that have an impact in this country even if planned or committed in part elsewhere. Although the crimes over which the United States has extraterritorial jurisdiction may be many, so are the obstacles to their enforcement. For both practical and diplomatic reasons, criminal investigations wit...
With the rise of transnational crime, domestic courts are increasingly called upon to make decisions...
International law is the language by which nations assert and attempt to resolve competing legal int...
This Article addresses the possible constitutional limits on the ability of the United States to pro...
Criminal law is usually territorial. It is a matter of the law of the place where it occurs. Neverth...
Under what circumstances can crimes that cross national boundaries be prosecuted in federal court? T...
The term jurisdiction may be defined as the authority to affect legal interests -- to prescribe rule...
As we move to a global environment, more consideration needs to be given to issues of jurisdiction. ...
[G]eographical considerations are set forth to indicate the potential scope of legal problems that m...
Over the last decade, the European Union has adopted legislation that calls for the mutual recogniti...
It is, in certain cases, impossible for persons to tell in advance which states will have effective ...
In a world of increased tension and open hostility toward the United States and its policies, an att...
When a host state does not prosecute a U.S. national who commits a violent crime abroad, the United ...
The present paper is confined to a discussion from an American point of view of the application of t...
This report discusses the application of American criminal law outside the United States
Transnational Crime is the crime which takes place in more than one country jurisdictions, but their...
With the rise of transnational crime, domestic courts are increasingly called upon to make decisions...
International law is the language by which nations assert and attempt to resolve competing legal int...
This Article addresses the possible constitutional limits on the ability of the United States to pro...
Criminal law is usually territorial. It is a matter of the law of the place where it occurs. Neverth...
Under what circumstances can crimes that cross national boundaries be prosecuted in federal court? T...
The term jurisdiction may be defined as the authority to affect legal interests -- to prescribe rule...
As we move to a global environment, more consideration needs to be given to issues of jurisdiction. ...
[G]eographical considerations are set forth to indicate the potential scope of legal problems that m...
Over the last decade, the European Union has adopted legislation that calls for the mutual recogniti...
It is, in certain cases, impossible for persons to tell in advance which states will have effective ...
In a world of increased tension and open hostility toward the United States and its policies, an att...
When a host state does not prosecute a U.S. national who commits a violent crime abroad, the United ...
The present paper is confined to a discussion from an American point of view of the application of t...
This report discusses the application of American criminal law outside the United States
Transnational Crime is the crime which takes place in more than one country jurisdictions, but their...
With the rise of transnational crime, domestic courts are increasingly called upon to make decisions...
International law is the language by which nations assert and attempt to resolve competing legal int...
This Article addresses the possible constitutional limits on the ability of the United States to pro...