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Law's Territory (A History of Jurisdiction)

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ID5773417
AuthorsRichard Thompson Ford (Vatican Secret Archives, corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume97
Issue4
Pages843-843
Publication date1999-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMichigan Law Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0026-2234 • E-ISSN: 1939-8557
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1290376
OpenAlexW2799363044
LanguageEN
Citations received111

of this Article is that territorial jurisdictions -the rigidly mapped territories within which formally defined legal powers are exercised by formally organized governmental institutions -are relatively new and intuitively surprising technological developments.New, because until the development of modern cartography, legal au thority generally followed relationships of status rather than those of autochthony.Today jurisdiction seems inevitable, but, like death, it is "a habit to which consciousness has not been long accustomed."1 Surprising?We are now accustomed to territorial jurisdiction ...:._ _ so much so that it is hard to imagine that government could be or ganized any other way.But despite several hundred years of accli mation, people continue to be disoriented, baffled, and thrilled by the consequences of jurisdictional legality.We are filled with some times grudging admiration when the latest Esmeralda evades

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Citations per year4,83
Citation span2003 - 2026 (24)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedYes
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