One consequence of dividing a single nation into fifty quasi-sovereign states is a constant
need to choose the law that governs interstate disputes. Choice of law takes on a whole new …

This is the Thirty-Third Annual Survey of American Choice-of-Law Cases. 1 It is written at the
request of the Association of American Law 1. The previous thirty-two surveys are, in …

The realm of the conflict of laws is a dismal swamp, filled with quaking quagmires, and
inhabited by learned but eccentric professors who theorize about mysterious matters in a …

The extraterritorial application of federal legislation has been a vexing subject since the
early days of the Republic. US courts have recurrently been required to determine the …

On January 1, 1992, Louisiana's new law of conflict of laws went into effect. Act No. 923 of
1991 (Act No. 923 or Act) is the first major revision of Louisiana conflicts law since 1825, and …

I came to the United States to study conflicts law in 1973, that is, only two years after the
Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws' had been officially published. That same year, a …

* Professor of Law, University of Michigan and University of Trier (Germany), Dr. Iur.,
University of Freiburg, LL. M., University of Michigan. An earlier version of this paper was …

For the past several years, the Conflict of Laws Section of the Association of American Law
Schools has asked someone to prepare a paper describing developments in choice of law …

Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2001: Fifteenth Annual Survey Page 1 SYMEON C.
SYMEONIDES Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2001: Fifteenth Annual Survey TABLE OF …

[C] omparative law has not normally been" transnational" at all, but rather it has grown within
the frameworks of differ-ent legal traditions, responding to" inner" needs of legal elites. From …