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Jurisdiction

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Washington and Lee Law Review

Personal jurisdiction

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The Internet, Personal Jurisdiction, And Daos, Matthew R. Mcguire Jul 2023

The Internet, Personal Jurisdiction, And Daos, Matthew R. Mcguire

Washington and Lee Law Review

Global connectivity is at an all-time high, and sovereign state law has not fully caught up with the technological innovations enabling that connectivity. TCP/IP—the communications protocol allowing computers on different networks to speak with each other—wasn’t adopted by ARPANET and the Defense Data Network until January 1983. That’s only forty years ago. And the World Wide Web wasn’t released to the general public until August 1991, less than thirty-five years ago. The first Bitcoin block was mined on January 3, 2009, less than fifteen years ago.

Legal doctrine doesn’t develop that fast, especially in legal systems heavily based around judicial …


After Steel Co.: "Hypothetical Jurisdiction" In The Federal Appellate Courts, Joan Steinman Jun 2001

After Steel Co.: "Hypothetical Jurisdiction" In The Federal Appellate Courts, Joan Steinman

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Specific Personal Jurisdiction And The "Arise From Or Relate To" Requirement ... What Does It Mean?, Mark M. Maloney Jun 1993

Specific Personal Jurisdiction And The "Arise From Or Relate To" Requirement ... What Does It Mean?, Mark M. Maloney

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.