The question of jurisdiction of U. S. law over acts committed outside the territorial limits of the country has been settled by the courts through application of a long-established principle of international law called the:.

Objective theory of jurisdiction

Explanation: The objective theory of jurisdiction explained that only violations or crime which affects foreign and domestic trade or general law of the United States are subject to legal proceedings of the United States legal system. Therefore, any citizen of the United States living outside the walls of the country or in a foreign country is bounded by the law of that foreign nation and as such won't be punished under the law of the United States but by the law of such foreign nation.