He suggested going as far as possible, unilaterally if necessary, in writing a new tariff treaty, and favored gradual relinquishment of extraterritoriality.
Historically, diplomatic immunity has been extended on the strength of one or more of three theories: personal representation, extraterritoriality, and functional necessity.
The presumption against extraterritoriality is a canon of statutory interpretation that provides that when a statute gives no clear indication of an extraterritorial application, it has none.
Under the doctrine of extraterritoriality, a federal enclave was treated as a state within a state until 1953, and therefore enclave residents were not residents of the state.
