POLS 110 Lecture Notes - Extraterritoriality
16 Feb 2013
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Not all claims to sovereignty are respected: extraterritoriality. Us trading with the enemy act (ex/ cuba vs. america) the pajama dilemma in walmart"s of canada and the united states. Canada"s bill c27, 1997 if you are a canadian citizen, the authority of the canadian government extends to where you are in the world. If you commit acts on someone else"s territory, in particular, by violating 8 or 9 sections of the criminal code (sex with minors) you have committed a crime in canada. Supreme political authority in a given territory is indeed divisible. Justice: war and defense, foreign relations, domestic security, taxation, finance, industry, agriculture, education, health, immigration, social welfare, arts and culture. The impossibility of dividing by governmental function: a series of authorities (a government of education, a government of. Health, etc. ) operating in the same territory would be impossible.
