I'm not sure how many of you know this, but the United States, along with several other countries including the UK, back in around the 1800's and 1900's, until World War 2, had courts on foreign soil. One of these courts was the United States Court For China which was established with the same jurisdiction as embassies get, being considered American soil, and these courts prosecuted and handled cases regarding US citizens and nationals, meaning Chinese citizens and other foreigners could be dealt with through these courts as long as an American national was involved in said case.
Some of what was handled through the court include marriage disputes, civil and criminal trials, etc. and the punishments handed out were somewhat restricted, and according to law scholars at the time, the US Constitution didn't apply to the United States Court For China due to not legally being on American soil (odd but alright) but US laws did apply, and in some cases, Chinese laws as well. Sentencing could be done locally in China, or on actual US territory with extradition and transport.
Now here begs the question, would life be better for foreigners in every country of the world, if they had courts from their homelands to support them? Would justice be fairer and more equitable? I'd love to hear your opinion on this!
