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The Qualitative Governmental Interest Analysis: New York's Conflict Of Laws Rules In Transition-George V. Douglas Aircraft , Co., Michigan Law Review Apr 1965

The Qualitative Governmental Interest Analysis: New York's Conflict Of Laws Rules In Transition-George V. Douglas Aircraft , Co., Michigan Law Review

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The traditional choice of law rule for torts is that the law of the place of wrong is determinative of all substantive issues. This rule has been frequently criticized and has been rejected by the Restatement (Second), Conflict of Laws, and by a few courts, particularly those of New York. The successor to the traditional approach, however, has not been determined. Under the view of the Restatement (Second), the applicable substantive law is that law of the state which has the most significant relationship with the occurrence and with the parties. Although a qualitative approach would seem possible under …


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 - Torts - Proper Party Plaintiff In Wrongful Death Actions, John M. Webb Apr 1956

Conflict Of Laws - Torts - Proper Party Plaintiff In Wrongful Death Actions, John M. Webb

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The purpose of this comment is to examine the differing solutions and determine the vitality of the common law rule in wrongful death actions.