Personal jurisdiction, to some extent, addresses both of these issues. But with respect to both goals, it has competition. Multiple protections, including venue and forum non conveniens, help to ensure that defendants are not unfairly burdened by litigation. An even greater variety of doctrines, ...
Venue - refers to the geographic location where a case is heard, but does not relate to the court's authority to hear the case. Personal jurisdiction - refers to the court's authority over the parties involved in a case, based on their contacts with the jurisdiction. Subject matter jurisdic...
“Universal jurisdiction is simply the realization that there are crimes which are crimes not against a particular people living in one particular place, but crimes against all of humanity. And so therefore, the jurisdiction is all of humanity, it’s universal.” ...
Limited jurisdiction is a term that applies to courts. It means that the court can only hear, or preside over, certain types of cases. Within the United States, most courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. In order to rule on a case, or to make a decision, the court must have ...
Limited jurisdiction, or special jurisdiction, is the court's jurisdiction only on certain types of cases such as bankruptcy, family matters, etc. ... In contrast, general jurisdiction courts needonly to demonstrate that they may assert in personal jurisdiction over a party. ...
family courts have jurisdiction only overcases, and small claims courts have jurisdiction only over cases in which a small amount of money is at stake. This means that a bankruptcy court would not have subject-matter jurisdiction over aissue, since the bankruptcy court does not have a vested ...
may vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and state to state, the term typically refers to information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual's identity, either by itself or in combination with other personal or identifying information that is linked or linkable to an individual....
“Universal jurisdiction is simply the realization that there are crimes which are crimes not against a particular people living in one particular place, but crimes against all of humanity. And so therefore, the jurisdiction is all of humanity, it’s universal.” ...
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is personal data that could be used, either by itself or combined with more private details, to identify a particular individual, i.e. you. PII can roughly be split into two subcategories: direct identifiers; and quasi-identifiers. ...
Hart finally answered what it means for a Soldier's pay to be "ready for delivery" in accordance with 10 U.S.C. § 1168(a). Hart established that determining whether a Soldier's final pay was "ready for delivery" is a factual determination and not a determination as a matter of law...