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Capacity To Marry In The Conflict Of Laws: Some Variations On A Theme, H. Patrick Glenn
Capacity To Marry In The Conflict Of Laws: Some Variations On A Theme, H. Patrick Glenn
Dalhousie Law Journal
Problems of matrimonial capacity in the conflict of laws have traditionally been said to be resolved through a distributive application of the two personal laws in presence - to each his or her own law.' Yet the proponents of this "dual domicile doctrine" have met strong opposition from those who would recognize a paramount interest on the part of the State wherein the marriage is to be fixed, rather than that from which the parties may have come, in determining its validity. Savigny in Germany, 2 Bartin in France, 3 Cook in the U.S.A., 4 and Cheshire5 in England have …