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DRAFT FOR THE COMMITTEE 1

handle is hein.ali/reconlw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 7 2, THE CONFLICT OF LAWS. Draft for the Committee. SUMMARY. SECTION 1. JURISDICTION IN GENERAL. 1. The legal power of a sovereign to affect the rights of persons, whether by legislation, by executive decree, or by the judgment of a court; is called juris- diction. 2. The limits of jurisdiction to create such rights as will be recognized outside the territory in which they are created are fixed by International Law. In the United States the act of any state which attempts to exercise jurisdiction outside the limits so fixed is un- constitutional. 3. The subjects of jurisdiction are persons, things and acts. 4. The jurisdiction of a state is absolute within its territory, except as follows: a. A few exceptions are created by Interna- tional Law. b. A state may limit its jurisdiction by it. own consent, usually expressed by treaty.