Extradition

The arrest and delivery of a fugitive wanted for a crime committed in another country, usually under the terms of a extradition treaty.

The arrest and delivery of a fugitive wanted for a crime committed in another country, usually under the terms of a extradition treaty.

In Fong Yue, the United States Supreme Court defined the term as follows:

"Extradition is the surrender to another country of one accused of an offence against its laws, there to be tried, and, if found guilty, punished."

In R v Bow Street, Justice Browne-Wilkinson wrote:

"In general, a state only exercises criminal jurisdiction over offences which occur within its geographical boundaries. If a person who is alleged to have committed a crime in Spain is found in the United Kingdom, Spain can apply to the United Kingdom to extradite him to Spain."

REFERENCES

• Duhaime, Lloyd, Extradition Law
• Duhaime, Lloyd, Legal Definition of Deportation
• Duhaime, Lloyd, Legal Defintion of Extradition Crime
• Fong Yue Ting v United States 149 US 697 (1893)
• R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistate, ex parte Pinochet (1999) 2 All ER 97