Examples & Explanations for Conflict of Laws

Clear, informal, and even humorous,__**Examples & Explanations: Conflicts of Law, Fourth Edition**__, explores all topics covered in Conflicts courses, including personal jurisdiction and the Erie doctrine. It covers traditional and modern approaches to choice of law, proof of law, and enforcement of foreign country and sister state judgments. It provides up-to-date coverage of constitutional limits on personal jurisdiction, choice of law, and actions against sister states. Big-picture overviews and accurate statements of rules are reinforced with concrete examples and test-taking tips.The powerful Examples & Explanations pedagogy works especially well for Conflict of Laws where students gain understanding of rules and policies by applying them to new fact patterns. Summaries of leading cases found in most casebooks and a modular organization allows easy adaptation to any course.**New to the Fourth Edition:**Substantially revised personal jurisdiction chapters to add latest Supreme Court cases New material on full faith and credit and immunity of state governments to suit in sister states in response to recent Supreme Court decisions New material on proof of foreign country law in response to recent Supreme Court decision Additional material on state law proof of law that refers to new developments in state law New examples and explanations that apply most recent changes in law Continued coverage of same-sex marriage rights after Obergefell**Professors and students will benefit from:**Big picture introductions that provide a helpful road map Accurate summaries of specific rules of law Clear identification of problem areas and legal uncertainties Strategies for answering difficult questions Examples that illustrate practical consequences of rules Explanations that discuss the application of recent Supreme Court decisions Front Matter 2 Editorial Advisors 5 Title Page 6 Copyright Page 9 About Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. 10 Dedication 11 Contents 12 Preface 14 Acknowledgments 16 Chapter 1: Introduction 17 Part I: Status and Power of Courts over Persons 23 Chapter 2: Domicile 24 Chapter 3: Personal Jurisdiction: Constitutional Foundations and Traditional Bases 31 Chapter 4: Personal Jurisdiction: Pushing the Envelope 49 Chapter 5: Transfer, Forum Non Conveniens, and Forum Selection Clauses 66 Part II: Traditional Choice of Law Rules 75 Chapter 6: Torts 76 Chapter 7: Contracts 86 Chapter 8: Property 96 Chapter 9: Wills, Intestate Succession, and Trusts 103 Chapter 10: Marriage 111 Chapter 11: Agency, Partnership, and Corporations 121 Part III: Traditional Problems and Escape Devices 129 Chapter 12: Manipulation and Characterization 130 Chapter 13: Substance vs. Procedure 136 Chapter 14: Statutes of Limitations 144 Chapter 15: Public Policy 150 Chapter 16: Renvoi 157 Part IV: Modern Choice of Law Approaches 164 Chapter 17: The New York Approach 165 Chapter 18: Interest Analysis 176 Chapter 19: Comparative Impairment and Modified Interest Analysis 191 Chapter 20: The Better Law Approach 206 Chapter 21: Second Restatement Approach to Torts 217 Chapter 22: Second Restatement and the UCC Approach to Contracts 231 Chapter 23: Modern Answers to Traditional Problems 243 Part V: Choice of Law in Federal Courts 261 Chapter 24: The Erie Doctrine 262 Part VI: International Conflicts 278 Chapter 25: International Scope of Federal Laws 279 Chapter 26: Choice of Law in Europe 293 Part VII: Constitutional Limits 305 Chapter 27: Constitutional Requirement of Significant Contacts 306 Chapter 28: Other Constitutional Limits on State Choice of Law 319 Chapter 29: Equal Protection and Privileges and Immunities 326 Part VIII: Enforcing Judgments 336 Chapter 30: Foreign Country Judgments 337 Chapter 31: Sister State Judgments 351 Chapter 32: Domestic Relations Judgments: Divorce, Support, and Alimony 362 Part IX: Practice and Procedure 372 Chapter 33: Proving Foreign Law 373 Table of Cases 379 Index 384 Clear, informal, and even humorous, Examples & Explanations: Conflicts of Law, Fourth Edition , explores all topics covered in Conflicts courses, including personal jurisdiction and the Erie doctrine. It covers traditional and modern approaches to choice of law, proof of law, and enforcement of foreign country and sister state judgments. It provides up-to-date coverage of constitutional limits on personal jurisdiction, choice of law, and actions against sister states. Big-picture overviews and accurate statements of rules are reinforced with concrete examples and test-taking tips. The powerful Examples & Explanations pedagogy works especially well for Conflict of Laws where students gain understanding of rules and policies by applying them to new fact patterns. Summaries of leading cases found in most casebooks and a modular organization allows easy adaptation to any course. New to the Fourth Edition: Substantially revised personal jurisdiction chapters to add latest Supreme Court cases New material on full faith and credit and immunity of state governments to suit in sister states in response to recent Supreme Court decisions New material on proof of foreign country law in response to recent Supreme Court decision Additional material on state law proof of law that refers to new developments in state law New examples and explanations that apply most recent changes in law Continued coverage of same-sex marriage rights after Obergefell Professors and students will benefit from: Big picture introductions that provide a helpful road map Accurate summaries of specific rules of law Clear identification of problem areas and legal uncertainties Strategies for answering difficult questions Examples that illustrate practical consequences of rules Explanations that discuss the application of recent Supreme Court decisions