The challenge of borders lies at the very heart of cyberlaw. Most observers have long argued that the Internet presents lawmakers with a jurisdictional dilemma: The Internet is viewed as "borderless," but law is best characterized as "bordered" because national laws typically stop at the border.
Abandoned border by mtsrs (CC BY 2.0) https://flic.kr/p/49aR7g
Jurisdiction
Keynote Address
Jurisdiction, Advocates’ Society Lawyers and the Internet, Ottawa
Web Lottery Case Misses Legal Jackpot
If an Ontario resident purchases a lottery ticket on a Web site hosted in Prince Edward Island, does the purchase occur in Ontario or PEI?
Is There a There There: Towards Greater Certainty for Internet Jurisdiction
Is There a There There: Towards Greater Certainty for Internet Jurisdiction, 16 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 1345-1406 (2002)
Internet Jurisdiction
Georgetown University Advanced E-commerce Institute, Washington, DC