Eric T. Laity | June 7, 2023 | Conflict of Laws
Below is the abstract for “International Prescriptive Jurisdiction and American Conflict of Laws,” available for download on SSRN. There is a fundamental omission from the American law of conflict of laws. Among its rules and factors, there is no attempt to identify...
John F. Coyle, William S. Dodge and Aaron Simowitz | April 26, 2023 | Conflict of Laws
Below is the abstract for “Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2022: Thirty-Sixth Annual Survey,” available for download on SSRN. This is the Thirty-Sixth Annual Survey of American Choice-of-Law Cases. It was written at the request of the Association of American...
Robert B. Niles-Weed and Robert H. Sitkoff | February 10, 2023 | Conflict of Laws
Below is the abstract for “The Twenty-First Century Revolution in Conflict of Trust Laws,” available for download on SSRN. There is broad consensus that the law of conflict of trust laws is outdated. Both the American Law Institute and the Uniform Law Commission have...
Pauline Toboulidis | January 25, 2023 | Conflict of Laws, Copyright, Inside The ALI, Property, Torts: Miscellaneous Provisions, Torts: Remedies
At its meeting on January 19 and 20, 2023, the Council reviewed and discussed Council Drafts of five projects and approved drafts and portions of drafts as listed below.* Conflict of Laws The Council approved Council Draft No. 8, containing §§ 6.11-6.12 of Topic 2,...
Symeon C. Symeonides | December 28, 2022 | Conflict of Laws, Inside The ALI
Below is the abstract for “Conflict of Law in the ALI’s First Century” available for download on SSRN. This essay is part of a forthcoming book about the history of the American Law Institute (ALI), which will be published in 2023, one hundred years...
Joseph William Singer | November 23, 2022 | Conflict of Laws
Below is the abstract for “Hobbes & Hanging: Personal Jurisdiction v. Choice of Law,” available for download on SSRN. When conduct in one state causes injury in another state, and the law at the place of injury is more favorable to the victim than the...
