Abstract
The status of visiting armed forces and especially criminal jurisdiction over those forces is firmly based in international law. States are the most important legal persons in international law, exercising their sovereign powers as equals. That sovereignty of States, as reflected in the concept of jurisdiction, is central to understanding the status of forces. Although jurisdiction is primarily territorial in nature, a State can exercise its legislative jurisdiction extraterritorially when founded on the principles of jurisdiction. Extraterritorial exercise of adjudicative and enforcement jurisdiction is generally more limited and depends on an explicit legal basis or the consent of another State.
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