Conflict of Laws

by Roosevelt, Kermit

• ISBN13: 9781599417882
• ISBN10: 159941788X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-29
• Publisher: Foundation Pr

Summary

This new addition to the Concepts and Insights series provides an analytical overview of the field of conflicts, explaining all major choice-of-law approaches in simple and straightforward text. Separate chapters explore discrete conflicts issues, including personal jurisdiction, recognition of judgments, family law, and state-federal conflicts including Erie and preemption. Extensive description and analysis of leading cases make this book an excellent companion to a casebook as well as a resource for practitioners.

Table of Contents

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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