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Choice Of The Applicable Law In United States Maritime Law And The Venezuelan System, Daniel Eric Vielleville

LLM Theses and Essays

International maritime transport is an important means of transport in international trade. The vessels used in international maritime transport face unique dangers which necessitate maritime law that addresses the perils associated with maritime transport. Maritime law concerns many jurisdictions, which creates a special interest for the study of conflict of laws. There are private international maritime laws in addition to multilateral treaties. This paper analyzes the international approach that the United States takes in maritime conflict of laws, and compares it with the Venezuelan system of private international law. Venezuela is a civil law country with old maritime legislation which …

Professor Lowenfeld Responds, Andreas F. Lowenfeld

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Professor Silberman is as usual gracious in acknowledging my writings in various formats, and my efforts to restore conflict of laws to its place as a branch of international law, a place it has occupied in most of the world outside the United States, and occupied here as well in the view of Story and others who wrote before the balkanization of American law in the latter part of the nineteenth century. We have no disagreements on the value of the comparative method in teaching conflict of laws, civil procedure, or international litigation.

This brief response is addressed only to …

Judicial Jurisdiction In The Conflict Of Laws Course: Adding A Comparative Dimension, Linda J. Silberman

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

In this Article, Professor Silberman suggests that comparative law materials can usefully be introduced in the conflict of laws course. She proposes the subject of adjudicatory jurisdiction as a good place to start. She argues that a comparison of the U.S. approach with the English and European approaches (particularly under the Brussels Convention) is evidence of the desirability of a jurisdictional system grounded more on rules and/or discretion rather than on a constitutional standard of reasonableness. She takes issue with the contention of her colleague Professor Andreas Lowenfeld that "reasonableness" has been accepted as an international standard for the assertion …

State Jurisdiction Over Interstate Telephonic Criminal Conspiracy

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

International Concurrent Jurisdiction: Dealing With The Possibility Of Parallel Proceedings In The Courts Of More Than One Country, Bernd U. Graf

LLM Theses and Essays

This thesis will examine how legal systems deal with the phenomenon of multiple assumptions of jurisdiction over the same dispute. We will first look at public international law rules on jurisdiction, regulating (or not regulating) conflicting states' interests, which will give only modest guidance. In view of those rules, the subsequent chapters will deal with various national laws relating to the possibility of parallel proceedings in the courts of more than one country, and thus the possibility of the emergence of conflicting orders or judgments.

Conflict Of Laws—Multistate Torts—Arkansas Relies On Choice-Influencing Considerations And The Better Rule Of Law, Carmen L. Arick

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.

Criminal Procedure And The Conflict Of Laws, John Bernard Corr

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Lessons Of Lumpkin: A Review Of Recent Literature On Law, Comity, And The Impending Crisis, John Phillip Reid

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Choice Of Federal Or State Law For Attorneys' Professional Responsibility In Securities Matters, Ted J. Fiflis

Publications

Professional standards of duty are implicated in the federal securities laws in two types of cases: those instituted by the SEC to impose sanctions for lack of character or unethical conduct and those brought by the SEC or private parties for violations of substantive provisions of the securities laws. The question faced by Professor Fiflis is whether state or federal standards should define the duties imposed under these laws. He argues that the proper method of resolving this question is to apply an interest analysis. Analyzing the various state and federal interests leads Professor Fiflis to the conclusion that federal …

Mcmillan V. Mcmillan: Choice Of Law In A Sinkhole, Doug R. Rendleman

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Choice Of Law Process: Territorialism And Functionalism, Jeffrey M. Shaman

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Jurisdiction: Conflicts Of Law And The Indian Reservation: Solutions To Problems In Indian Civil Jurisdiction, Kevin Gover

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.

Alcoa Steamship Co. V. M/V Nordic Regent: Narrowing The Scope Of Inquiry In Forum Non Conveniens, R. George Weitz

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

Increases in the amount and complexity of international trade and changes in jurisdictional rules over the last thirty years have often resulted in American courts serving as forums for suits involving non-residents. Very often these suits are the result of transactions that have occurred abroad and may be governed by foreign law as well. Obvious difficulties confront a party compelled to defend in a foreign court. Problems such as unfamiliarity with the language or legal process, unavailability of witnesses, or expenses incurred in bringing evidence from another country have led foreign defendants to seek dismissal of suits on the grounds …

Examining Board Of Engineers V. Flores Deotero, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.

The Case For Certification, John A. Scanelli

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Judgments Rendered Abroad - State Law Or Federal Law, Albert A. Lindner

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

A Resurgence Of The Klaxon Controversy - Contemporary Legal Trends Revitalize An Old Principle, William H. Danne Jr.

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

Conflict Of Laws- Long Arm Statutes--Sufficient Minimus Contact For In Personam Jurisdiction Over Foreign Corporations, Ronald Ralph Brown

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Conflict Of Laws And Joint Bank Accounts - An Autopsy Of A Case, Joseph C. Kelly

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

Nonresidents And Jurisdiction: A Modern Dilemma In Civil And Criminal Procedure, Malcolm J. Gross, Robert M. Schwartz

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

Annulment - Personal Jurisdiction - Court Of Plaintiff's Domicile Has Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Defendant Served By Registered Mail, Edward Gerald Donnelly Jr.

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

Conflict Of Laws--Erosion Of Lex Loci Deliciti Theory, George Charles Hughes

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Griffith V. United Air Lines, Inc.: A Justification For Uncertainty, Jack J. Bernstein, William B. Freilich

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

Conflict Of Laws And Minimum Jurisdictional Contacts

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Conflict Of Laws -- 1961 Tennessee Survey (Ii), Elliott E. Cheatham

Vanderbilt Law Review

Jurisdiction of courts over foreign corporations is a developing subject. Almost all aspects of it are touched on by decision or discussion in two cases in different courts and under different statutes; one case was in the Supreme Court of Tennessee, the other in the United States district court.

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Tucker v. International Salt Co. was an action in a state court in contract and quasi-contract against a Pennsylvania corporation.

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Shuler v. Wood was an action in tort in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee against two Pennsylvania corporations.

Conflict Of Laws--Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Defendants By Extraterritorial Service Of Process, Peter Uriah Hook

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Comments, Various Editors

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews, Alan R. Bromberg, Albert A. Ehrenzweig, R. W. Fleming, William E. Hogan, David A. Bookstaver, Andrew V. Clements

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Conflict Of Laws- Foreign Executors And Administrators - Constitutionality Of Nonresident Motorist Statute Providing For Jurisdiction Over Personal Representatives, Thomas E. Kauper

Michigan Law Review

Decedent was killed when his car collided with another on a Missouri highway. Both the driver of the second car and its owner, residents of Nebraska, were also killed. Decedent's widow brought a wrongful death action. in Missouri against the Nebraska-appointed adminstratrixes of the estates of the driver and the owner of the second car. Summonses were served on the Secretary of State of Missouri in compliance with the Missouri Long Arm Statute which specifically provides for service upon and jurisdiction over the administrators of the estates of nonresident motorists. The trial court overruled defendants' motions to quash: On petition …

Assignments Of Accounts Receivable And The Conflict Of Laws Under The Bankruptcy Act, Eugene J.T. Flanagan

Vanderbilt Law Review

Under our system of government there is no constitutional requirement that the laws of the various states be uniform. On some points there are considerable differences between the laws of sister states. Such is the case with respect to the test for priority of right among successive assignees of an account receivable. This difference becomes of great importance when a multi-state transaction raises the question of the choice of the applicable law.

Fundamentally the problem is whether the jurisdiction in question follows the rule of Dearle v. Hall,' or the so-called American rule. The former establishes the order of precedence …