80.3k views
1 vote
What is dual sovereignty​

User Tmanthey
by
6.6k points

2 Answers

3 votes

A maxim of law which allows the double prosecution of a person by more than one state for the same crime, where both states have jurisdiction for the prosecution, and not with standing the double jeopardy rule.

User Ismay
by
5.5k points
0 votes

A maxim of law which allows the double prosecution of a person by more than one state for the same crime, where both states have jurisdiction for the prosecution, and notwithstanding the double jeopardy rule.

User Thomas Smyth
by
5.2k points