Conflict of laws : cases, comments, questions / by Herma Hill Kay, Barbara Nachtrieb Armstrong Professor of Law, University of California at Berkeley, Larry Kramer, President, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation and Dean Emeritus, Stanford Law School, Kermit Roosevelt, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania.
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Conflict of laws : cases, comments, questions / by Herma Hill Kay, Barbara Nachtrieb Armstrong Professor of Law, University of California at Berkeley, Larry Kramer, President, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation and Dean Emeritus, Stanford Law School, Kermit Roosevelt, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania.
Published
St. Paul, MN : West, [2013]
Copyright
©2013
Call Number
KF410 .C7 2013
Edition
Ninth edition.
ISBN
0314281444
9780314281449
9780314281449
Description
xlvi, 1,060 pages ; 27 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)849248264
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Record Appears in
Table of Contents
Preface
v
Acknowledgments
xi
Table of Cases
xxi
Table of Authorities
xxxiii
pt. 1
CHOICE OF LAW: THE BASIC MODEL
ch. 1
The Traditional Approach to Choice of Law
3
Section 1
Traditional Theory: A Survey of Jurisdiction---Selecting Rules
3
Alabama Great Southern R.R. Co. v. Carroll
7
Milliken v. Pratt
20
In re Barrie's Estate
28
White v. Tennant
34
Section 2
Traditional Practice: A Survey of Escape Devices
43
A.
Characterization
43
Levy v. Daniels' U-Drive Auto Renting Co.
43
Haumschild v. Continental Cas. Co.
45
B.
Substance or Procedure?
53
Grant v. McAuliffe
53
Bournias v. Atlantic Maritime Co., Ltd.
60
C.
Renvoi
66
In re Schneider's Estate
66
D.
Public Policy, Penal Laws, and Tax Claims
76
Loucks v. Standard Oil Co. of New York
76
Mertz v. Mertz
79
Holzer v. Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft et. al.
81
Section 3
Pleading and Proving Foreign Law
91
Walton v. Arabian American Oil Co.
91
ch. 2
Modern Approaches to Choice of Law
99
Section 1
Statutory Solutions
99
Section 2
Party Autonomy and the Rule of Validation
106
Pritchard v. Norton
106
Siegelman v. Cunard White Star Ltd.
108
Wyatt v. Fulrath
120
Section 3
Interest Analysis
127
A.
Introduction
127
Chesny v. Marek
127
Marek v. Chesny
129
Brainerd Currie, Married Women's Contracts: A Study in Conflict-of-Laws Method
135
B.
Identifying False Conflicts
150
Tooker v. Lopez
150
Schultz v. Boy Scouts of America, Inc.
158
C.
The "Unprovided--For" Case
169
Erwin v. Thomas
169
D.
Resolving True Conflicts
175
Lilienthal v. Kaufman
175
Bernkrant v. Fowler
185
Bernhard v. Harrah's Club
189
Edwards v. Erie Coach Lines Company
207
Section 4
Place of the Most Significant Relationship
223
Phillips v. General Motors Corp.
228
Wood Bros. Homes, Inc. v. Walker Adjustment Bureau
242
Section 5
The Better Law
249
R.A. Leflar, Conflicts Law: More on Choice--Influencing Considerations
249
Milkovich v. Saari
252
Jepson v. General Casualty Co. of Wisconsin
256
Section 6
Problems Old and New
266
A.
Depecage
266
An Imaginary Case: Adams v. Knickerbocker Nature Soc'y, Inc.
266
B.
Renvoi
272
Pfau v. Trent Aluminum Co.
272
C.
Rules Versus Standards
282
Paul v. National Life
282
D.
Complex Litigation
290
In re Air Crash Disaster Near Chicago, Illinois on May 25, 1979
290
E.
Conflicts in Cyberspace
322
Lawrence Lessig, Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
322
LICRA Et UEJF v. Yahoo! Inc.
327
Yahoo!, Inc. v. La Ligue Contre Le Racisme Et L'antisemitisme
330
ch. 3
The Constitution and Choice of Law
343
Section 1
The Limits of Legislative Jurisdiction
343
A.
Due Process
343
Home Ins. Co. v. Dick
343
B.
Full Faith and Credit
350
Bradford Electric Light Co. v. Clapper
350
Alaska Packers Assoc, v. Industrial Acc. Comm'n
352
Pacific Employers Ins. Co. v. Industrial Acc. Comm'n
356
C.
Convergence
364
Allstate Ins. Co. v. Hague
364
Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts
374
Section 2
The Obligation to Provide a Forum
385
Hughes v. Fetter
385
Tennessee Coal, Iron & R.R. Co. v. George
392
Section 3
Unconstitutional Discrimination in Choice of Law
396
Supreme Court of N.H. v. Piper
396
pt. 2
OTHER APPLICATIONS
ch. 4
Jurisdiction of Courts
411
Section 1
Jurisdiction Based on the Relation of the Litigation to the Forum
412
World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson
421
J. McIntyre Machinery v. Nicastro
429
Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz
451
Section 2
General Jurisdiction
462
Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations v. Brown
462
Section 3
Attachment Jurisdiction
473
Shaffer v. Heitner
473
Section 4
Transient Jurisdiction
494
Burnham v. Superior Court of California
494
A Note on Comparative Jurisdiction
506
Section 5
Forum Non Conveniens
509
Piper Aircraft v. Reyno
509
ch. 5
Recognition of Judgments
519
Fauntleroy v. Lum
523
Yarborough v. Yarborough
527
Thomas v. Washington Gas Light Co.
540
Durfee v. Duke
551
Clarke v. Clarke
559
Fall v. Eastin
561
Worthley v. Worthley
570
Baker v. General Motors Corporation
578
Allen v. McCurry
596
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. v. Epstein
607
ch. 6
Special Problems of Choice of Law, Jurisdiction, and Recognition of Judgments in Divorce, Interstate and International Child Custody, and Decedents' Estates
619
Section 1
Divorce
619
A.
Ex Parte Divorce
620
Williams v. State of North Carolina [I]
620
Estin v. Estin
628
B.
Divorce by Consent
639
Williams v. State of North Carolina [II]
639
Sherrer v. Sherrer*
644
Rosenstiel v. Rosenstiel
660
C.
Same-Sex Divorce and Dissolution
668
Chambers v. Ormiston
668
Section 2
Child Custody
689
A.
Interstate Child Custody
689
1.
Subject-Matter Jurisdiction
689
Welch-Doden v. Roberts
689
2.
Modification Jurisdiction
708
In re the Marriage of George T. Brandt v. Christine Brandt
708
Lisa Miller--Jenkins v. Janet Miller--Jenkins
715
Janet Miller--Jenkins v. Lisa Miller--Jenkins
721
Note on "Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction"
725
B.
International Abduction of Children
732
1.
Scope of the Convention: Availability of the Return Remedy
732
Abbott v. Abbott
732
2.
Defenses to the Return Remedy
756
Van De Sande v. Van De Sande
756
Section 3
Decedents' Estates
772
ch. 7
Conflicts Between Federal and State Law
779
Section 1
Federal Question Jurisdiction
779
Osborn v. Bank of the United States
779
Louisville & Nashville R. Co. v. Mottley
790
Grable & Sons Metal Products, Inc., Petitioner v. Darue Engineering & Manufacturing
794
Section 2
The Erie Doctrine
804
Erie R.R. Co. v. Tompkins
804
Guaranty Trust Co. of New York v. York
815
Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Elec. Co-Op., Inc
819
Hanna v. Plumer
823
Walker v. Armco Steel Corp
830
Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc.
838
Semtek International Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
850
Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates, P.A., v. Allstate Insurance Co.
856
Section 3
Choice of Law in Federal--Court Cases Involving State--Created Rights
865
Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Elec. Mfg. Co.
865
Section 4
Federal Common Law
870
Clearfield Trust Co. v. United States
870
Bank of America v. Parnell
872
Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino
874
Section 5
Preemption and Supremacy
882
A.
Preemption
882
English v. General Electric Co.
882
B.
Supremacy
892
Testa v. Katt
892
Howlett v. Rose
895
Dice v. Akron, Canton & Youngstown R.R.
901
ch. 8
International Conflicts
907
Section 1
The Scope of Legislative Jurisdiction: "Extraterritorial" Regulation
907
A.
Bases for Jurisdiction Under International Law
907
United States v. Yunis
907
B.
Federal Statutes
920
Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd.
920
F.
Hoffman-La Roche v. Empagran, S.A.
939
Note on the Extraterritorial Application of Other Laws
949
C.
The Constitution
953
United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez
953
Boumediene v. Bush
962
Section 2
The European Perspective
984
Mathias Reimann, Conflict of Laws in Western Europe
984
Hillside (New Media) Limited v. Bjarte Baasland
994
Section 3
The Act-of-State Doctrine
1001
Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino
1001
W.S. Kirkpatrick v. Environmental Tectonics Corp.
1008
Section 4
Recognition of Judgments
1019
Hilton v. Guyot
1019
Appendix A
The Constitution of the United States
1033
Appendix B
Title 28, United States Code
1037
Index
1045