Global reach, local grasp : Portée mondiale et emprise locale : l'interprétation de la compétence extraterritoriale à l'ère de la mondialisation

The paper then discusses the mechanics of extraterritorial action, including the ability to affect the behaviour of individuals, corporations and other states, and the different abilities of the federal and provincial/territorial governments in this regard. [...] We will then discuss the mechanics of extraterritorial action, including the ability to affect the behaviour of individuals, corporations and other states, and the different abilities of the federal and provincial/territorial governments in this regard. [...] In the second stage of the paper (Parts IV and V), we will turn to see how (and whether) these distinctions and the lessons of the past are applicable to the future. [...] Generally the term “describes the limits of legal competence of a state or other regulatory authority …, to make, apply, and enforce rules of conduct upon persons.”1 Domestically speaking, jurisdiction is the ability of the state, whether via the legislature, the executive or the courts, to exert power over persons, places and things. [...] The Canadian government is not restrained by the Constitution Act 1867 from enacting laws with extraterritorial effect,30 and 26 Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, Official Journal of the European Communities of 23 November 1995 No