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ts19998 · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

Briefly summarize the conditions under which a court would expect to have sufficient jurisdiction.

Question 2

In the past, geographic borders have helped governments assert jurisdiction effectively. Write two paragraphs in which you describe one way the Internet has changed the role borders play in the determination of jurisdiction.

Sassygurl126 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: A court has sufficient jurisdiction to hear a matter if it has both subject-matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction.

Answer to Question 2

The tasks of defining, establishing, and asserting jurisdiction are much more difficult on the Internet than they are in the physical world, mainly because traditional geographic boundaries do not exist. For example, a Swedish company that engages in electronic commerce could have a Web site that is entirely in English and a URL that ends in .com, thus not indicating to customers that it is a Swedish firm. The server that hosts this companys Web page could be in Canada, and the people who maintain the Web site might work from their homes in Australia. If a Mexican citizen buys a product from the Swedish firm and is unhappy with the goods received, that person might want to file a lawsuit against the seller firm. However, the worlds physical border-based systems of law and jurisdiction do not help this Mexican citizen determine where to file the lawsuit. The Internet does not provide anything like the obvious international boundary lines in the physical world. Thus, the four considerations that work so well in the physical world power, effects, legitimacy, and notice do not translate very well to the virtual world of electronic commerce.