Extraterritoriality and Self-Determination
Professor Evan Criddle has written a fascinating article on extraterritoriality, forthcoming in the American Journal of International Law, but available now on SSRN. Evan argues that much extraterritorial application of domestic law violates the right to self-determination under international law by subjecting non-nationals outside the territory of the regulating state to laws that are not…
Continue ReadingDOJ Argues Against Turnover of Argentina’s Assets
On November 6, 2024, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York sent a letter to Judge Loretta A. Preska arguing against turnover of Argentina’s interests in YPF S.A., a state-owned energy company, to satisfy a breach of contract judgment. The $16.1 billion judgment in Petersen Energia Inversora, S.A.U. v. Argentine Republic arose…
Continue ReadingA Century of Changes in Extraterritoriality
This post is a lightly edited version of a talk given virtually on November 26, 2022, at the “International Symposium on Accelerating Changes Unseen in a Century and the Development of International Law” organized by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of International Law. I am pleased to be with you today to discuss…
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