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Currie: Selected Essays On The Conflict Of Laws, Elliott E. Cheatham Jun 1964

Currie: Selected Essays On The Conflict Of Laws, Elliott E. Cheatham

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A Review of Selected Essays on the Conflict of Laws. By Brainerd Currie.


The Lex Fori - Basic Rule In The Conflict Of Laws, Albert A. Ehrenzweig Mar 1960

The Lex Fori - Basic Rule In The Conflict Of Laws, Albert A. Ehrenzweig

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The following summary of this thesis will show its essential connection with the progressing reform of the law of jurisdiction.


Torts In English And American Conflict Of Laws: The Role Of The Forum, S. I. Shuman, S. Prevezer May 1958

Torts In English And American Conflict Of Laws: The Role Of The Forum, S. I. Shuman, S. Prevezer

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''Private international law owes its existence to the fact that there are in the world a number of separate territorial systems of law that differ greatly from each other in the rules by which they regulate the various legal relations arising in daily life." Where the systems are those of member states of a federal union, there should be less difference in their laws than where they are those of sovereign nations divided by strong cultural, social and political barriers. Interstate conflicts and international conflicts are likely to give rise to somewhat different considerations and rules, and it is surely …


Conflict Of Laws - Contracts - Enforcement Of Foreign Contract Though Contrary To State, William G. Cloon, Jr. S.Ed. Jun 1955

Conflict Of Laws - Contracts - Enforcement Of Foreign Contract Though Contrary To State, William G. Cloon, Jr. S.Ed.

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Plaintiff, a citizen of Texas, obtained from the defendant an insurance policy which was written and delivered in Texas. The defendant agreed to pay for any damages to plaintiff's truck caused by fire, but stipulated that any dispute over the amount of the loss should he determined by arbitration proceedings in accordance with the terms of the contract. The truck was damaged by fire in Arkansas and a dispute arose over the amount of the loss. Plaintiff refused to submit the question to arbitration and brought this suit in the Federal District Court for Arkansas. Defendant argued that the action …