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Does any country apply universal jurisdiction to coups d'état?
Several countries apply universal jurisdiction when suspects are prosecuted for major crimes such as genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. Among other examples, this ...
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Limits of navy jurisdiction/authority in international waters
Once and then I read news about US navy stopping, searching and even sinking commercial vessels flowing non-US ensign (most recently Iranian). Sometimes news regard navy vessels not conforming to ...
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Claiming *forum non conveniens* after extended "shadow litigation"
Can someone claim that a particular forum is inconvenient after challenging service through a proxy (the recipient), thus essentially "shadow litigating" intensively for an extended period ...
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To what extent can a country criminalize acts outside its territory?
Indonesia prohibits pornography.
If someone creates porn in Indonesia, that's illegal.
What about if an Indonesian citizen creates porn somewhere else?
What about if a non-Indonesian is a porn star ...
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What happens if you break a law in another country outside of that country?
Let's say I wanted to deliver a book that is banned in Bob's country. This book is not banned in my country. I understand that if I go to his country to deliver it, I may get arrested, because I'm ...
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Is the illegality of an action constrained to a country?
John is a citizen of country X. Doing action A is illegal in his country.
He travels to country Y where action A is legal (officially legal, that is codified as being legal, not merely tolerated) and ...
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