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Acknowledgments | p. v |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Coice of Law | |
The Traditional Approach | p. 3 |
Introduction | p. 3 |
Traditional Theory: Jurisdiction-Selecting Rules | p. 6 |
Torts | p. 6 |
Contracts | p. 8 |
Other Traditional Rules | p. 12 |
Property | p. 12 |
Marriage | p. 13 |
Corporations | p. 14 |
Traditional Practice: Escape Devices | p. 14 |
Characterization | p. 14 |
Substance vs. Procedure | p. 17 |
Limitations Periods | p. 19 |
Renvoi | p. 21 |
Public Policy, Penal and Tax Laws | p. 24 |
Public Policy | p. 24 |
Penal and Tax Laws | p. 27 |
The Traditional Flowchart; Pleading and Proving Foreign Law | p. 28 |
Evaluation | p. 29 |
Modern Approaches I (Interest Analysis) | p. 33 |
Introduction | p. 33 |
Statutory Solutions | p. 34 |
Party Autonomy | p. 38 |
Interest Analysis | p. 41 |
Introduction: Critics of the First Restatement | p. 41 |
Brainerd Currie | p. 43 |
False Conflicts | p. 50 |
Tooker v. Lopez | p. 50 |
Schultz v. Boy Scouts of America, Inc | p. 51 |
The Unprovided-For Case | p. 56 |
True Conflicts | p. 59 |
Moderate and Restrained Interpretation | p. 61 |
Territorial Tiebreakers | p. 63 |
Balancing and Comparative Impairment | p. 66 |
Principles of Preference | p. 69 |
Kramer's Canons | p. 70 |
Others | p. 71 |
Evaluation | p. 71 |
Modern Approaches H (The Second Restatement and Better Law) | p. 80 |
The Second Restatement | p. 80 |
Torts | p. 84 |
Contracts | p. 85 |
Property | p. 87 |
Evaluation | p. 89 |
Better Law | p. 89 |
The Approach | p. 89 |
Evaluation | p. 92 |
Pervasive problems | p. 93 |
Depecage | p. 94 |
Renvoi | p. 99 |
Complex Litigation | p. 101 |
Characterization | p. 105 |
Constitutional Constraints on Choice of Law | p. 108 |
Relevant Constitutional Provisions | p. 108 |
Due Process | p. 108 |
Privileges and Immunities | p. 110 |
Full Faith and Credit | p. 110 |
Others | p. 111 |
Limits on the Use of Local Law as a Rule of Decision | p. 113 |
Original Understandings | p. 113 |
Evolution | p. 114 |
Full Faith and Credit | p. 114 |
Due Process | p. 122 |
Privileges and Immunities | p. 124 |
The Modern Synthesis | p. 125 |
Summary and Evaluation | p. 131 |
Rethinking Constitutional Choice of Law | p. 133 |
Privileges and Immunities | p. 133 |
Full Faith and Credit | p. 136 |
Conclusion | p. 140 |
The Obligation to Provide a Forum | p. 141 |
Other Applications | |
Federal-State Conflicts | p. 146 |
The Erie Doctrine | p. 146 |
Klaxon | p. 155 |
Federal Common Law | p. 161 |
Rights and Obligations of the Federal Government | p. 161 |
Other Federal Interests | p. 162 |
Lack of State Power | p. 162 |
Congressional Authorization | p. 163 |
The Content of Federal Common Law | p. 164 |
Preemption and Supremacy | p. 164 |
Preemption | p. 164 |
Federal Law in State Courts | p. 168 |
Judicial Jurisdiction | p. 172 |
Territoriality | p. 173 |
Evolution of Specific Jurisdiction | p. 175 |
General Jurisdiction | p. 180 |
Attachment Jurisdiction | p. 182 |
Transient Jurisdiction | p. 183 |
Internet Jurisdiction | p. 184 |
Declining Jurisdiction: Forum non conveniens | p. 185 |
Recognition of Judgments | p. 188 |
Introduction | p. 188 |
Error, Public Policy, and Forum Interests | p. 192 |
Limits on Full Faith and Credit | p. 196 |
Procedural Rules, Limits on F-2 Jurisdiction | p. 196 |
Limits on F-l Jurisdiction | p. 197 |
Invalidity of F-l Judgment | p. 200 |
F-l Judgment not on Merits | p. 202 |
Lack of Finality in F-l | p. 202 |
Equitable Decrees | p. 203 |
Diversity Judgments | p. 206 |
Family Law | p. 208 |
Introduction | p. 208 |
Marriage | p. 208 |
Divorce | p. 210 |
Ex Parte Divorce | p. 210 |
Bilateral Divorce | p. 214 |
Same-Sex Divorce | p. 216 |
Child Custody and Adoption | p. 217 |
Custody | p. 217 |
Adoption | p. 218 |
International Conflicts | p. 220 |
Introduction | p. 220 |
Extraterritorial Application of Federal Statutes | p. 221 |
Extraterritorial application of the Constitution | p. 226 |
Global Due Process | p. 226 |
Other Possibilities | p. 227 |
Textualism | p. 227 |
Territoriality | p. 228 |
Social Contract | p. 229 |
Limited Government | p. 231 |
Mutuality of Obligation | p. 232 |
Choice of Law (Interest Analysis) | p. 232 |
Cases | p. 235 |
Recognition of Foreign Country Judgments | p. 241 |
Table of Cases | p. 243 |
Index | p. 249 |
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