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From: Paul J. Adam Paul@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: Question about Corp Extraterritoriality (sp?)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 17:12:51 +0100
In article <37e8cee3.98085038@****.megsinet.net>, Walter Scheper
<Ratlaw@*******.com> writes
>Being a PoliSci major this has been bugging me for a while. Do Corps
>just get extraterritoriality whenever they set up a facility or do
>they have to get it granted to them by the host country?

It has to be recognised by the Corporate Court and granted by the host
nation.

>For
>instance, the UN building in New York was granted to the UN by the USA
>as an territory of the UN, but the US can revoke that. Could UCAS
>*legally* revoke a MegaCorps rights of extraterritoriality?

Absolutely, in strictly legal terms.


--
Paul J. Adam

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