Cases on Equity Jurisdiction

Recent Cases: Domestic Relations — Wife's Right to Support While Living With Husband — Equity Jurisdiction

The Problems of Jurisdiction on the Internet

The relationship between jurisdiction and the internet has been the subject of wide ranging discussion ever since the boom in domestic internet usage. Without clear legislation, laws have been created on an ad hoc basis, often in response to specific cases. It is difficult to predict whether any one law will ever be sufficient to cope with the great variety of alleged crimes which take place on...

Jurisdiction over E Commerce

Expansion of business onto the Internet crosses national borders and creates uncertainty as to the propriety of jurisdiction by the courts of nations and their internal political units. Analysis of jurisdiction in United States law reveals that traditional rules provide guidance for resolving the question of constitutional jurisdiction in cases that cross geopolitical lines.

A Separate Jurisdiction For Cyberspace?

This article analyzes whether the technical characteristics of the Internet should create a separate legal jurisdiction, and if a separate jurisdiction would be beneficial to the Internet. Jurisdiction is a legal term for the limitation on the ability of a court to determine disputes. Generally, a nation state's jurisdiction only extends to individuals who reside within the country or to the tr...

Rethinking Jurisdiction in International Law

Jurisdiction has traditionally been considered in international law as purely a question of the rights and powers of states. Conceived in this way, the rules on jurisdiction serve the important function of delimiting (while accepting some overlap of) state regulatory authority – the question of when a person or event may be subject to national regulation – a function which is shared with the co...