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Conflict Of Laws--1963 Tennessee Survey, Elliott E. Cheatham

Vanderbilt Law Review

The most important development in conflict of laws for many years is the enactment of the conflict of laws provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code.' In adopting these provisions the General Assembly did much more than to fix the law for the specific matters covered, important though these are. The General Assembly rejected one widely urged method of choice of law, and it prescribed a wholly different one. It rejected the old vested rights theory which calls for the use of the law of the place of the last element of a transaction to govern the case, as, the place …

Legislation, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

LEGISLATION

Disposition of Unclaimed Dividends and Shares--Distributions from Interstate Business Associations

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Conflict of Laws Problem and Judicial Response

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Water Pollution--State Control Committee

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Comparison of Several Existing Pollution Control Acts

Variations On A Theme In Conflict Of Laws, Joseph Dainow

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.

Some Conflict Of Laws Problems Relating To Negotiable Instruments, William O. Morris

West Virginia Law Review

In instances in which a negotiable instrument has circulated in two or more jurisdictions courts have had some difficulty in determining whether to apply the laws of one jurisdiction or the other in determining whether the complaining party had in fact obtained title to the instrument, and in determining the rights and liabilities of the parties in respect to the instrument. If an instrument, by its terms, discloses that it was drawn and was payable in the same jurisdiction in which the instrument was transferred, the courts are not faced with a conflict of laws problem for clearly the laws …

Conflict Of Laws - Gambling Contract, Valid Where Made, Held Unenforceable By Forum Public Policy (Intercontinenal Hotels Corp. V. Golden, N.Y. 1963), Gerald A. Falbo

San Diego Law Review

This recent case discusses Intercontinenal Hotels Corp. v. Golden, N.Y. 1963.

Recent Decisions (Trusts-Conflict Of Laws), Fernand N. Dutile

Journal Articles

Examining the Texas case Wilson v. Smith, 373 S.W. 2d 514 (Tex. Civ. App. 1963), which invalidated a testamentary trust. The trust provided for the establishment of a clinic-hospital which would apply the methods of nutrition, blood chemistry, radionics and other types of non-medical healing. The court addressed a conflict of laws issue and ultimately invalidated the trust on public policy grounds.

Conflict Of Laws: Refusal To Grant Full Faith And Credit To A Foreign Judgment For Lack Of Jurisdiction - Aldrich V. Aldrich, John Henry Lewin Jr.

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.