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Absolute Conflicts Of Law, Anthony J. Colangelo Apr 2016

Absolute Conflicts Of Law, Anthony J. Colangelo

Indiana Law Journal

This Article coins the term “absolute conflicts of law” to describe situations of overlapping laws from different states that contain simultaneous contradictory commands. It argues that absolute conflicts are a unique legal phenomenon in need of a unique doctrine. The Article extensively explores what absolute conflicts are; how they qualitatively differ from other doctrines like true conflicts of law, act of state, and comity; and classifies absolute conflicts’ myriad doctrinal manifestations through a taxonomy that categorizes absolute conflicts as procedural, substantive, mixed, horizontal, and vertical.

The Article then proposes solutions to absolute conflicts that center on the rule of law …


Introduction - Papers From The 2013 American Society Of Comparative Law Annual Meeting, Kenneth S. Gallant, Sarah Howard Jenkins Jan 2014

Introduction - Papers From The 2013 American Society Of Comparative Law Annual Meeting, Kenneth S. Gallant, Sarah Howard Jenkins

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


The First Restatement Of Conflict Of Laws On The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Of Its Successor: Contemporary Practice In Traditional Courts, William M. Richman, David Riley Jan 1997

The First Restatement Of Conflict Of Laws On The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Of Its Successor: Contemporary Practice In Traditional Courts, William M. Richman, David Riley

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Courts And The Second Conflicts Restatement: Some Observations And An Empirical Note, Patrick J. Borchers Jan 1997

Courts And The Second Conflicts Restatement: Some Observations And An Empirical Note, Patrick J. Borchers

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


"At Least, To Do No Harm": Does The Second Restatement Of Conflicts Meet The Hippocratic Standard?, Russell J. Weintraub Jan 1997

"At Least, To Do No Harm": Does The Second Restatement Of Conflicts Meet The Hippocratic Standard?, Russell J. Weintraub

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Methodological Interventions And The Slavery Cases; Or, Night-Thoughts Of A Legal Realist, Louise Weinberg Jan 1997

Methodological Interventions And The Slavery Cases; Or, Night-Thoughts Of A Legal Realist, Louise Weinberg

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Legal Process And Choice Of Law, William L. Reynolds Jan 1997

Legal Process And Choice Of Law, William L. Reynolds

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Judicial Acceptance Of The Second Conflicts Restatement: A Mixed Blessing, Symeon C. Symeonides Jan 1997

The Judicial Acceptance Of The Second Conflicts Restatement: A Mixed Blessing, Symeon C. Symeonides

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Symposium - The Silver Anniversary Of The Second Conflicts Restatement: Introduction, William L. Reynolds Jan 1997

Symposium - The Silver Anniversary Of The Second Conflicts Restatement: Introduction, William L. Reynolds

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Conflicts Of Law--Choice Of Law In Torts--A Critique, Roy Mitchell Moreland Jan 1967

Conflicts Of Law--Choice Of Law In Torts--A Critique, Roy Mitchell Moreland

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.