7. The ability of the sovereign to claim personal jurisdiction over a particular party, for instance, turns importantly on the party's relationship to the physical jurisdiction over which the sovereign has control, e.g., the presence of the party or assets belonging to the party, within the jurisdiction, or activities of the party that are directed to persons or things within the jurisdiction. Similarly, the law chosen to apply to a contract, tort, or criminal action has historically been influenced primarily by the physical location of the parties or the deed in question. See generally, Henry H. Perritt Jr., Jurisdiction in Cyberspace (October 28, 1995) (unpublished manuscript on file with the Stanford Law Review). Perritt, LAW AND THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY, ch. 12 (Wiley, 1996).