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What Is Happening In The Conflict Of Laws: Three Supreme Court Cases, Wendell Carnahan
What Is Happening In The Conflict Of Laws: Three Supreme Court Cases, Wendell Carnahan
Vanderbilt Law Review
An answer to the topical inquiry is "A great deal" but full explanation of the general answer to a very big question cannot be attempted in a single article. Instead, attention will be directed primarily to the opinions in three cases decided on the same day by the Supreme Court of the United States. These cases present problems in the segments of conflict of laws dealing with principles of forum non conveniens and full faith to a statute,' jurisdiction over a foreign corporation and a combination of choice of laws rules and judicial recognition of an alimony award. These cases …
The Conflict Of Laws: The Experience Of The Australian Federation, Zelman Cowen
The Conflict Of Laws: The Experience Of The Australian Federation, Zelman Cowen
Vanderbilt Law Review
For American lawyers conflict of laws problems arise at two levels. One group of problems appears within the area governed by the Federal Constitution, while others arise within a wider international area. The decision of a New York forum in a case involving Michigan elements may very well differ from that reached by the same forum where the foreign elements involve England or France. The Constitution itself is often responsible for this difference. For example, questions of full faith and credit or of due process may be involved. It is not surprising, therefore, that the question has been posed whether …