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The vast advancements in technological capabilities have greatly changed traditional jurisdictional principles. No longer is it sufficient for a state’s laws to only apply to persons and property solely within its territory, a concept known as the “territorial principle.”1 A state’s jurisdiction must now be able to extend extraterritorially in order to comport with the technological advancements of today. States have realized this necessity, sparking the prevalence of international law documents aimed at resolving disputes between states. However, international law also raises questions of internal legitimacy in regards to political, judicial, and societal differences between states.
 Jeffrey L. Dunoff et al., International Law Norms, Actors, Process: A Problem-Oriented Approach 360 (2d ed. 2006).
 Child Abduction: Parental Kidnapping & The Hague Convention, http://law.freeadvice.com/resources/articles/parental_kidnapping_and_hague_convention.htm (last visited Dec. 22, 2009).
 Rafael Romo et al., Brazilian Child Custody Decision Could Come Tuesday, CNN World, Dec. 22, 2009, http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/12/22/brazil.custody.battle/index.html.
 Charter of the United Nations, Art. 2(2) (June 26, 1945), available at http://www.un.org/en/documents/charter/chapter1.shtml.
 Child Abduction: Parental Kidnapping & The Hague Convention, supra note 2; see also Int’l Child Abduction Remedies Act, 42 U.S.C. § 11603 (1988).
 Child Abduction: Parental Kidnapping & The Hague Convention, supra note 2; see also Friedrich v. Friedrich, 983 F.2d 11396 (6th Cir. 1993).
 N.Y. Divorce & Family Law, http://www.brandeslaw.com/International_child_abduction_laws/summary_of%20_basic_hague_rules.htm (last visited Dec. 22, 2009); see also The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Int’l Child Abduction, Art. 13(b) (1980), Art. 20 (1980).
 N.Y. Divorce & Family Law, supra note 8; see also The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Int’l Child Abduction, Art. 12 (1980), Art. 13(a) (1980).
 Kirk Semple, Court Battle Over a Child Strains Ties in 2 Nations, N.Y. Times, Feb. 24, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/nyregion/25custody.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1.
 Bring Sean Home Foundation, http://bringseanhome.org/ (last visited Dec. 22, 2009).
 Semple, supra note 10; see also HCCH, http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&cid=24 (last visited Dec. 22, 2009).
 Seth Kugel, The Elian Gonzalez of Brazil, globalpost, Mar. 25, 2009, http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/brazil/090323/the-elian-gonzalez-brazil?page=0,0.
 Bring Sean Home Foundation, supra note 11.
 Bring Sean Home Foundation, supra note 11; Edecio Martinez, David Goldman Reunited with Son, Sean Goldman, After Brazilian Custody Nightmare, CBS News, Dec. 24, 2009, http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/05/14/crimesider/entry5013312.shtml.
 Tim Padgett, The Goldman Controversy: Memories of Elian Gonzalez, Time, Dec. 19, 2009, http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1948979,00.html?xid=rss-topstories.
 Ayres, B. Drummond, Jr., Political Briefing; Janet Reno Hoists Her Baggage Handily, N.T. Times, Oct. 14, 2001, http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/14/us/political-briefing-janet-reno-hoists-her-baggage-handily.html.
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