Jurisdictional reasonableness under customary international law: The approach of the Restatement (Fourth) of US Foreign Relations Law
1. Introduction In 1987, the American Law Institute published the Restatement (Third) of Foreign Relations Law.[1] Sections 402-404 of the Restatement (Third) covered the customary international law governing jurisdiction to prescribe, and Section 403 set forth a requirement of jurisdictional reasonableness that called for weighing a number of factors in each case. Section 403 built...
