Key legal question
Does the Federal Extradition Act of 1852 give a private person a right to a particular criminal venue or to oppose extradition on that basis?
Extracted holding
No. The Act regulates inter-cantonal legal assistance and gives the individual only a right to compliance with the prescribed procedure, not a substantive claim that extradition be refused because of the nature or circumstances of the offence or because of venue.
Extracted reasoning
The law concerns primarily relations of public law between cantons. It allows the private person to demand observance of the extradition procedure and to trigger a cantonal decision, but it does not create an enforceable material entitlement affecting the decision on extradition. Disputes under the Act are envisaged between cantons, not between a canton and the affected individual.