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Article: The extraterritorial application of Title VII: an argument for an informal foreign compulsion defense.
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- Jones Law Review
- Article date:
- March 22, 2009
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I. INTRODUCTION
The discrimination laws of the United States are presumed to only apply within its territorial borders. (1) An increasing number of corporations are moving and expanding overseas. Additionally, a large number of United States citizens are now living abroad and working for these modern multinational companies. However, a problem arises when these multinational companies ignore or violate United States law abroad. The question as to whether the laws, specifically Title VII, (2) will apply extraterritorially is one that took a Supreme Court decision and decisive congressional action to answer. Title VII prohibits discrimination in employment on the ...