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Cross-Border Evidence Gathering In Transnational Crime Cases: Is The Microsoft Ireland Case The ‘Next Frontier'?, Robert Currie Jan 2016

Cross-Border Evidence Gathering In Transnational Crime Cases: Is The Microsoft Ireland Case The ‘Next Frontier'?, Robert Currie

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A recent and prominent American appeals court case has revived a controversial international law question: can a state compel an individual on its territory to obtain and produce material which the individual owns or controls, but which is stored on the territory of a foreign state? The case involved, United States v. Microsoft, features electronic data stored offshore which was sought in the context of a criminal prosecution. It highlights the current legal complexity surrounding the cross-border gathering of electronic evidence, which has produced friction and divergent state practice. The author here contends that the problems involved are best understood—and …


Zero-Tolerance Comes To International Law, Aya Gruber Jan 2016

Zero-Tolerance Comes To International Law, Aya Gruber

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