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Legal Realism And The Conflict Of Laws, Kermit Roosevelt Iii

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What did legal realism bring to the conflict of laws? Why was the realist critique of the received wisdom so successful? And why, despite that success, is the realist movement in conflict of laws—and, indeed, the whole American choice of law revolution—seen as a failure?

In this Response, I suggest some brief answers to those questions. Realism, I suggest, is more successful than its critics think—though its project remains unfinished. A better understanding of realism's contributions can show us what work remains in the realist project.

How Modern Choice Of Law Helped To Kill The Private Attorney General, Erin O'Hara O'Connor

Scholarly Publications

It is a great honor to be asked to deliver the second Annual Brainerd Currie Lecture at Mercer University School of Law. Brainerd Currie was an immensely influential law professor who is recognized as the leading scholar of conflict of laws in the twentieth century. Mercer has the distinction of being both Currie’s law school alma mater as well as his first academic appointment, probably the two most significant intellectual influences on any scholar. More recently, Mercer has attracted other influential conflicts scholars and cheerleaders of the topic, including Dean Gary Simson, Larry Ribstein, Hal Lewis, and Bruce Posnak, among …

Leave Bad Enough Alone, Gary J. Simson

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Notes From The Eye Of The Storm, Gene R. Shreve

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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The Neumeier-Schultz Rules: How Logical A "Next Stage In The Evolution Of The Law" After Babcock?, Gary J. Simson

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Plotting The Next "Revolution" In Choice Of Law: A Proposed Approach, Gary J. Simson

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Currie's Governmental Interest Analysis -- Has It Become A Paper Tiger?, Gene R. Shreve

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Interest Analysis And Choice Of Law: The Dubious Dominance Of Domicile, John Bernard Corr

Faculty Publications

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Brainerd Currie: Scholar, William W. Van Alstyne

Faculty Publications

These words are written in honor of the memory of Brainerd Currie, a brilliant academic, colleague, and friend.

Book Review. Cases And Materials On Admiralty By N. J. Healy And B. Currie, A. A. Fatouros

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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