| LC control no. | sh2010014862 |
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| Topical heading | Universal jurisdiction |
| Variant(s) | Principle of universality (International law) Quasi-universal jurisdiction Universal criminal jurisdiction Universality principle (International law) |
| See also | Criminal jurisdiction Jurisdiction (International law) Exterritoriality |
| Found in | Work cat.: 2006418100: Inazumi, Mitsue. Universal jurisdiction in modern international law, c2005. Parry & Grant encyclopaedic dict. of int'l law, searched Nov. 5, 2010 (article under Universal jurisdiction; see-ref. from Quasi-universal jurisdiction: Universal jurisdiction, or the principle of universality, 'provides for jurisdiction over crimes committed by aliens outside the territory ... on the sole basis of the presence of the alien within the territory of the State assuming jurisdiction'; a second strand to the doctrine of universal jurisdiction is that the crimes are of a serious nature and might otherwise go unpunished; as a result, there are probably only two or three categories of crimes that can properly be said to be subject to universal jurisdiction; piracy and war crimes, and, perhaps, crimes against humanity) Max Planck ency. of public int'l law, searched Nov. 5, 2010 (article under International criminal courts and tribunals, complementarity and jurisdiction: "universal jurisdiction"; "universal criminal jurisdiction") WilsonWeb, searched Nov. 5, 2010 (thesaurus term "Universal jurisdiction": 53 hits) Wikipedia, searched Nov. 5, 2010 (Universal jurisdiction or universality principle) |
| Not found in | Black's law dict.; UNBIS thesaurus, searched Nov. 5, 2010 |
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