属ぞく人じん主しゅ義ぎ

noun

principle of nationality; personal jurisdiction

Legal principle that a person is subject to the laws of their own country, especially in criminal matters. Often contrasted with 属地主義 (territorial principle).

See also: 属地主義

• 属ぞく人じん主しゅ義ぎに基もとづき、海かい外がいで犯はん罪ざいを犯おかした自じ国こく民みんを自じ国こくの法ほう律りつで裁さばくことができる。

  Based on the principle of nationality, a country can try its own nationals under its own laws for crimes committed abroad.

• 国こく際さい法ほうでは、属ぞく地ち主しゅ義ぎと属ぞく人じん主しゅ義ぎのどちらを優ゆう先せんするかが問もん題だいになることがある。

  In international law, the question of whether to prioritize the territorial principle or the nationality principle sometimes arises.