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An Inquiry Into The Utility Of "Domicile" As A Concept In Conflicts Analysis, Russell J. Weintraub
An Inquiry Into The Utility Of "Domicile" As A Concept In Conflicts Analysis, Russell J. Weintraub
Michigan Law Review
No attempt is made here to conduct an exhaustive case study of any one particular area in which the concept of "domicile" is used as a tool for analysis in the conflict of laws. A number of thorough and useful studies have been made in narrow areas and are cited at appropriate places in the body of this article. Instead, this article will review the use of "domicile" in analyzing certain typical conflicts problems, particularly its use as the contact or pointing word in choice of law rules concerning the testate and intestate distribution of movables, and, as is newly …
Conflict Of Laws - Tort - Lex Loci Or Lex Domicilii To Determine Interspousal Capacity To Sue?, E. Roger Frisch S.Ed.
Conflict Of Laws - Tort - Lex Loci Or Lex Domicilii To Determine Interspousal Capacity To Sue?, E. Roger Frisch S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Husband and wife, Wisconsin domiciliaries, were involved in an automobile accident in Illinois. W brought suit in Wisconsin against H's insurer for alleged injuries resulting from the accident. The trial court dismissed the complaint on the ground that Illinois law was applicable and did not give one spouse a cause of action against the other for tort. On appeal to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, held, reversed, one judge dissenting. The Illinois Married Women's Act should be strictly construed as destroying only the remedy in the Illinois courts, but not the substantive right to relief; hence, the Wisconsin …