Reply to Patrice Clarke

Reply to Patrice Clarke

Hello Patrice,

Thank you for your detailed explanation of the personal jurisdiction and subject matter jurisdiction concepts. It gives a clear distinction between these concepts. While you mention that personal jurisdiction is the court’s authority to hear and decide a lawsuit, I would like to add that it is the court’s authority to hear a case and exercise its power on the party being sued (Jennings, 1). I also agree with your description of subject matter jurisdiction, which is the authority of the court to decide a case of a specific subject matter. Your example of a subject matter jurisdiction makes it easy to understand this concept. Thank you for your chosen US supreme decision in the past years, which is likely to affect business today. You have clearly explained how the decision might influence the business today.

Sources:

Jennings, Marianne. (2022) Business: It’s the legal, ethical and global environment (12th edition) Mason, OH: Cengage Learning.