Civic · 6 pages · 12 min

How jurisdiction is the right to hear a case

Jurisdiction is a court's legal power to hear a kind of case and bind the parties.

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From the opening

Jurisdiction is the authority of a court to hear a dispute and issue a judgment that binds the parties. Without that authority, the court is the wrong speaker, even if the underlying story is important and the judge is willing. The opening covers subject rules limit the docket, personal rules limit who is bound, and both are needed to judge.

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Inside

Subject rules limit the docket
Personal rules limit who is bound
Both are needed to judge
Venue is a different question
Where the idea stops applying
A distinction worth keeping

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Subject-matter jurisdiction
Personal jurisdiction

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How jurisdiction is the right to hear a case

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