1st Edition

Extraterritoriality Around the Globe Multiform Approaches in a Multipolar World

374 Pages
by Routledge

374 Pages
by Routledge

Analysing different political and policy drivers of extraterritoriality in various social, cultural, and economic settings, this book assesses the value of politics within the context of the law and practice of extraterritoriality. Extraterritoriality is one of the most complex and multifaceted concepts in international law, shaped by a dynamic interplay of legal, political, and practical... Read more

1. The Global Stretch: Untangling the Complexities of Extraterritoriality

Lucia Leontiev and Manuel José Segovia González

 

Part I Reactive Approaches

 

2. The Progression of French Approaches to Extraterritoriality: In Between a Traditional Reluctance and a Quest for Legitimacy

Marjolaine Abada-Fasquelle

 

3.  India’s Approach to Extraterritorial Jurisdiction: Evolving Practice Amidst Evolving Global Aspirations

Aniruddha Rajput and Sudipta Purkayastha

 

4. The Extraterritoriality of Russia in the Digital, Economic Sanctions and Criminal Prosecution Spheres

Liliya Khasanova, Nailia Savenkova and Kamila Shaibakova

 

5. Turkey’s Political Expansionism and the Geopolitics of Extraterritoriality under International Law

Emre Turkut

 

6.  Bridging Concepts: Iran’s Approach to Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Within the Framework of the Non-Intervention Principle

Pouria Askary and Hassan Vakilian

 

7. Owning and Owing: Israel’s Law on Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Related to Jews

Yaël Ronen

 

Part II Transitive Approaches

 

8. The United Kingdom’s Approach to Criminal Extraterritoriality: Political and Policy Drivers

Paul Arnell

 

9. The Exercise of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in Transnational Criminal Cases: An Australian Perspective

Matthew Nelson and Rishi Gulati

 

10. The Evolution of the United States’ Use of Extraterritoriality as a Regulatory Tool

Alina Veneziano

 

Part III Progressive Approaches

 

11. A Progressive Interpretation of Extraterritoriality in Light of Italian Doctrine and Practice

Francesca Capone

 

12. Constitutional Values and Imperatives in South Africa’s Approach to Extraterritorial Jurisdiction

Sarah McGibbon

 

13. The Politics of Criminal Universal Jurisdiction in Argentina

Juan Ignacio Stampalija

 

Biography

Lucia Leontiev is a Max Weber fellow at the European University Institute, Department of Law. Before joining the EUI, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Berlin Potsdam Research Group "International Rule of Law-Rise or Decline?", Germany. Lucia received her PhD in International Law from the University of Maastricht and Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa (double doctoral degree) with a dissertation that addresses the jurisdiction of territorial non-state entities in international law. She is an alumna of The Hague Academy of International Law and of the International Law Seminar organised by the UNOG in connection with the annual session of the International Law Commission (ILC). Her research focuses on the law of statehood, jurisdiction, human rights, the interaction between national and international legal orders, as well as the role of geopolitics in a changing international legal order; topics on which she has also extensively published.

Manuel José Segovia González holds a PhD (Law) from the University of Luxembourg. He is a qualified lawyer in Mexico, where he practices as an international legal consultant. He is an Adjunct Lecturer of Private International Law at the University of Luxembourg and was a Visiting Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. He also served as Deputy Director of International Law at the Office of the Legal Adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico. He is a Full Member of the Asociación Americana de Derecho Internacional Privado (ASADIP) and a Member of The European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL) Young Research Network. He has carried research stays at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European, and Regulatory Procedural Law, the European University Institute, and The Hague Academy of International Law. He is a former National Researcher Candidate in Social Sciences (CONAHCYT, Mexico). He has published on a variety of topics of private international law, public international law, international dispute settlement and arbitration, and comparative law.