The Application of the Criminal Law of a Country to Acts Committed by Foreigners Outside the Jurisdiction

Authors

Walter Wheeler Cook, The Johns Hopkins University

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The present paper is confined to a discussion from an American point of view of the application of the criminal law of a country to acts committed by foreigners outside the territorial limits of the country concerned. It will include a statement of the prevailing theories adopted by American courts and jurists, accompanied by a brief summary of typical cases decided by American Courts, and a critical analysis of these theories and of their application in American judicial opinions.

Recommended Citation

Walter W. Cook, The Application of the Criminal Law of a Country to Acts Committed by Foreigners Outside the Jurisdiction, 40 W. Va. L. Rev. (1934).
Available at: https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/wvlr/vol40/iss4/2