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Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

1983

Jurisdiction

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Equity And Amiralty: A Turbulet Path To Manifest Destiny, George P. Ii Smith Jan 1983

Equity And Amiralty: A Turbulet Path To Manifest Destiny, George P. Ii Smith

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

Effective in 1966, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were amended "to effect unification of the civil and admiralty procedure." With this amendement, the Advisory Committee intended that, "just as the 1938 rules abolished the distinction between actions at law and suits in equity, this change would abolish the distinction between civil actions and suits in admiralty." Thus, rule 1, defining the scope of the rules, now states, "These rules govern the procedure in the United States district courts in all suits of a civil nature whether cognizable as cases as law or in equity or in admiralty... They shall …


Extraterritoriality: A Candian Perspective, Allan E. Gotlieb Jan 1983

Extraterritoriality: A Candian Perspective, Allan E. Gotlieb

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

Extraterritoriality, or "ET" as it is known in the trade, has long been a controversial subject in international law. In recent years, several dramatic examples of its application have raised its profile considerably. Perhaps the most glamorous treatment of extraterritoriality is E.T., the recent fil abou the dilemmas an unusual creature faces when he finds himself trapped in a foreign jurisdiction.