The Globalization of Jurisdiction

Abstract

Supposing however that the Act [at issue] had said in terms, that though a person sued in the island [of Tobago] had never been present within the jurisdiction, yet that it should bind him upon proof of nailing up the summons at the Court door; how could that be obligatory upon the subjects of other countries?Can the island of Tobago pass a law to bind the rights of the whole world?Would the world submit to such an assumed jurisdiction?