JurisdictionWhich court can hear a case, and which law applies.LawThe two questions.Which courtWhere the defendant is basedWhere the harm occurredWhere a contract was performedWhere the parties agreed to litigateWhich lawChosen by the parties in the contractLaw of the place of the wrongLaw most closely connectedMandatory rules that cannot be excludedEducational reference. A court can apply foreign law. Consumer andemployment protections often cannot be contracted away.Jurisdictionlearnposters.com
Jurisdiction — printable law & society wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Jurisdiction poster

8 entries in 2 groups.

The two questions.

Educational reference. A court can apply foreign law. Consumer and employment protections often cannot be contracted away.

Questions about the Jurisdiction poster

What’s on the Jurisdiction poster?
8 entries in 2 groups. The two questions. Which court: Where the defendant is based, Where the harm occurred, Where a contract…; Which law: Chosen by the parties in the contract, Law of the place of the wrong, Law…. Educational reference. A court can apply foreign law. Consumer and employment protections often cannot be contracted away.
Who is the Jurisdiction poster for?
Jurisdiction belongs to the Law section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning the legal system can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Jurisdiction poster?
These are two separate questions, and they can have different answers. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Jurisdiction belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Jurisdiction?
Access to Justice, Resolving Disputes Without Trial and Proof sit alongside Jurisdiction in the Law section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Access to JusticeResolving Disputes Without TrialProof
Is the Jurisdiction poster free to download and print?
Yes. Jurisdiction downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Law section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Jurisdiction poster print at?
Jurisdiction is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Jurisdiction loses nothing.Printing guide

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