PEFELA Gildas NYUGHA | April 10, 2024 | Conflict of Laws, International Commercial and Investor-State Arbitration
Below is the abstract for “Jettisoning the Principle of Party Autonomy in Modern International Commercial Arbitration: Menace to an Unprecedented Precept,” available for download on SSRN. This paper focuses on conflict as to the choice of law in international...
Madison Bessho | January 26, 2024 | Conflict of Laws, Copyright, Inside The ALI, Property, Torts: Miscellaneous Provisions, Torts: Remedies
At its meeting on January 18 and 19, 2024, the ALI Council reviewed and discussed Council Drafts of the following projects and approved drafts and portions of drafts as listed below.* Conflict of Laws The Council approved Council Draft No. 9, containing the...
Mark Addey | January 3, 2024 | Conflict of Laws
Below is the abstract for “Conflict of Laws: Choice of Law Theories in Tort,” available for download on SSRN. Conflict of laws arises when various legal systems intersect, typically involving laws from different jurisdictions. The interactions between people in areas...
Thomas P. Gallanis | November 29, 2023 | Conflict of Laws
Below is the abstract for “Trusts and the Choice of Law: What Role for the Settlor’s Choice and the Place of Administration?,” available for download on SSRN. In modern trust practice, a settlor often seeks to create a trust to be governed by the law of and...
Ronald Mann | October 27, 2023 | Conflict of Laws
This piece was originally published by SCOTUSblog.com on October 6, 2023. Tuesday’s argument in Great Lakes Insurance v. Raiders Retreat Realty offers a breather between the divisive disputes about the CFPB and voting rights topping the headlines at the advent of the...
Seo Ho Lee | June 28, 2023 | Conflict of Laws
In Yegiazaryan v. Smagin, No. 22–381 (June 22, 2023), the U.S. Supreme Court cited Restatement of the Law, Conflict of Laws § 377 and Restatement of the Law Second, Conflict of Laws § 145 in clarifying that an aggrieved party has alleged a “domestic injury” for...
