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Choice Of Law And Jurisdictional Policy In The Federal Courts, Tobias Barrington Wolff
Choice Of Law And Jurisdictional Policy In The Federal Courts, Tobias Barrington Wolff
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For seventy-five years, Klaxon v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing has provided a one-line answer to choice-of-law questions in federal diversity cases: Erie requires the federal court to employ the same law that a court of the state would select. The simplicity of the proposition likely accounts for the unqualified breadth with which federal courts now apply it. Choice of law doctrine is difficult, consensus in hard cases is elusive, and the anxiety that Erie produces over the demands of federalism tends to stifle any reexamination of core assumptions. The attraction of a simple answer is obvious. But Klaxon cannot bear the …
Book Review. Cases On Conflict Of Laws (Lorenzen), Comparative Commentaries On Private International Law, And Cases On Conflict Of Laws (Harper And Taintor), Frank Edward Horack Jr.
Book Review. Cases On Conflict Of Laws (Lorenzen), Comparative Commentaries On Private International Law, And Cases On Conflict Of Laws (Harper And Taintor), Frank Edward Horack Jr.
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