Dual Sovereignty in the U.S. Territories

Authors

Emmanuel Arnaud, Boston University School of LawFollow

Author granted license

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-2023

ISSN

0015-704X

Publisher

Fordham Law School

Language

en-US

Abstract

This Essay examines the emergence and application of the “ultimate source” test and sheds light on the dual sovereign doctrine’s patently colonial framework, particularly highlighting the paternalistic relationship it has produced between federal and territorial prosecutorial authorities.

Comments

Part of Fordham Law Review's Symposium: An Anomalous Status: Rights and Wrongs in American's Territories: https://fordhamlawreview.org/symposiumcategory/an-anomalous-status-rights-and-wrongs-in-americas-territories/

Recommended Citation

Emmanuel Arnaud, Dual Sovereignty in the U.S. Territories , 91 Fordham Law Review 1645 (2023).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/4061