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qid 1295 · law

Question: What is the effects doctrine?

  1. It posits that jurisdiction exists only when it is ineffective
  2. The effects doctrine serves to confer jurisdiction on the State sharing the nationality of the victim
  3. The effects doctrine serves to confer jurisdiction on the State sharing the nationality of the offender
  4. The effects doctrine posits that jurisdiction is solely determined by the severity of the harmful conduct
  5. The effects doctrine serves to confer jurisdiction to the State on whose territory the conduct produces effects
  6. The effects doctrine serves to confer jurisdiction to the State on whose territory the conduct originated
  7. It posits that jurisdiction exists only when it is effective
  8. The effects doctrine serves to confer jurisdiction to the State that is most affected by the harmful conduct
  9. The effects doctrine serves to confer jurisdiction on the State which has an effective link with the harmful conduct
  10. The effects doctrine serves to confer jurisdiction on the State where the offender resides

Our answer: E. The effects doctrine serves to confer jurisdiction to the State on whose territory the conduct produces effects Source quote machine-checked (at mint)

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Public international law. Definition of a named head of PRESCRIPTIVE jurisdiction: identify the doctrine's connecting factor.

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Current source

Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States, Section 402(1)(c) (1987) -- jurisdiction to prescribe with respect to "conduct outside its territory that has or is intended to have substantial effect within its territory". Exact clause verified in archive.org full text, 284 hits, including the Congressional Research Service report at archive.org item RL33658-crs.

Source weak (statute)

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