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Part II Economic Regulation by Home and Host Countries, 4 The Jurisdictional Limits of Regulation Through National or Regional Law

From: Multinational Enterprises & the Law (2nd Edition)

Peter T Muchlinski

From: Investment Claims (http://oxia.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved. date: 21 March 2023

Subject(s):
Nationality of corporations — Genuine and effective link, doctrine of — Jurisdiction of states, protective principle — Jurisdiction of states, territoriality principle — Jurisdiction of states, enforcement — Internet
In the previous chapter, it was seen that the principal jurisdictional level for the regulation of MNEs remains the nation state. Given the international nature of MNE organization and management, this situation creates the problem of extraterritoriality. The present chapter will consider in more detail the main legal issues that have emerged from attempts to exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction over MNEs. This issue has been extensively documented in legal literature.1 However, this work would be incomplete without an analysis of the principal trends in legal...
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