This authoritative text covers jurisdiction and interstate and international private litigation in torts, contracts, business planning, family law (marriage, same-sex relationships, property rights, support, child custody), property, succession and estate administration, and the recognition of sister-state and foreign judgments. The text examines in depth the development and current state of approaches to choice of law. It also addresses issues of jurisdiction and applicable law in private litigation in federal court.

Conflict of Laws (Hornbooks)

HAY, PETER

Borchers, Patrick

Symeonides, Symeon

Whytock, Christopher

Legal Theory & Systems

West Academic Publishing

This versatile and pedagogically effective book brings together in a coordinated way the rich and diverse perspectives and 80 years combined teaching experience of two highly respected conflicts scholars: the author of 30 annual surveys of choice-of-law cases and drafter of three conflicts codifications, and the author of a path-breaking, established casebook on civil procedure. The book presents the real world of conflict law, behind the leading cases and beyond America's borders, through distilled documentation of what courts actually do and strategically placed extensive information about international practice and the law of other countries.

Conflict of Laws: American, Comparative, International, Cases and Materials (American Casebook Series)

Perdue, Wendy

This book is a true treasure trove of original research, incisive observations, and useful practical pointers. Written by an author who has read more than sixty thousand conflicts cases in the last thirty years, the book skillfully guides American and foreign readers through the labyrinthine alleys of American choice-of-law litigation and distills the resulting lessons for attorneys, academics, and lawmakers. This is a book about law in action. The author reviews the decisions of all American appellate courts in the last twenty years and discusses those that add something new to the development or understanding of conflicts law, particularly choice of law."It is a daunting task to find an answer to a choice-of-law question in American law. In all states, except two and Puerto Rico, the answer must be found in the particular state's case law. How to find it? To evaluate it, to compare it with other states' law, with one's own? For over 33 years, Professor Symeonides has rendered an enormous service to all segments of the profession - courts, practitioners, academics - with his annual survey of virtually all choice-of-law decisions of American courts, most of them thoughtfully annotated and evaluated. His surveys proved to be an extraordinary help. The present volume consolidates most of these contributions. It is enhanced by a new Introduction and a comprehensive Index. This consolidated presentation of his expert reviews and commentary is an extraordinary contribution."Peter Hay, L.Q.C. Lamar Professor of Law Emeritus, Emory University School of Law."It is impossible to overstate the value and significance of the Choice-of-Law Surveys written by Dean Symeon C. Symeonides over thirty years. These surveys have not only educated law professors and lawyers about changing dynamics in the field of choice of law, but they have been instrumental in refining the modern method of analyzing and resolving these cases . . . [and] have formed the basis for the emerging Third Restatement of Conflict of Laws. . . . [I]n all the ways that count, Symeonides is the father of choice of law in the twenty-first century. . . . He deserves our gratitude and respect and our recognition of his pivotal place in the choice of law field." Joseph W. Singer, Harvard Law School.

Choice of Law in Practice: A Twenty-year Report from the Trenches

Foreign & International Law

Brill Nijhoff

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