Principles of conflict of laws / by Clyde Spillenger.
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Principles of conflict of laws / by Clyde Spillenger.
Published
St. Paul, MN : West, [2010]
Copyright
©2010
Call Number
KF412 .S68 2010
ISBN
9780314191021 (pbk.)
031419102X (pbk.)
031419102X (pbk.)
Description
xv, 457 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)611660549
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Conflict of laws
Table of Contents
Introduction
v
ch. 1
The Territorial Approach to Choice of Law: Concepts and Limitations
1
A.
Lex Loci: The Traditional Approach to Choice of Law
4
1.
The Lex Loci Approach in Tort Cases: The Carroll Case
6
2.
The Lex Loci Approach in Contract Cases: Milliken v. Pratt
16
3.
The Lex Loci Approach in Property Cases
20
4.
Other Areas
22
B.
"Escape Devices"
22
1.
Characterization
23
2.
Substance and Procedure
30
3.
Renvoi
41
4.
Public Policy
45
C.
Pleading and Proving Foreign Law
52
ch. 2
Modern Approaches to Choice of Law
59
A.
The Scholarly Critique of the Territorial Approach
59
B.
New York and the "Center of Gravity" Approach: Auten and Haag
61
C.
Interest Analysis: The Currie Approach
65
1.
Choice of Law as an Exercise in Interpretation and Construction
66
2.
Identification of False and True Conflicts: The Heart of Interest Analysis
70
3.
Criticisms of the Currie Approach
74
D.
Identifying False Conflicts in New York: Guest Statutes and Beyond
79
1.
Guest Statutes in the New York Courts: Babcock, Dym, and Tooker
79
2.
Contiguous-Border Torts and the "Neumeier Rules"
83
3.
Conduct Regulation and Loss Distribution: Beyond Guest Statutes
86
E.
Resolving True Conflicts
91
1.
Currie's Approach
91
2.
Comparative Impairment
93
3.
Other Solutions: "Principles of Preference" and "Shared Policies"
100
F.
Territoriality Redux?
103
G.
The Second Restatement: The "Most Significant Relationship"
104
1.
Torts
105
2.
Contracts
111
H.
The Better Law
113
I.
Does it Matter?
118
ch. 3
A Few Areas of Modern Interest
119
A.
A View of the Landscape
119
B.
Statutory Solutions to Choice of Law
120
C.
The "Rule of Validation," Party Autonomy, and Enforcement of Contractual Choice-of-Law Provisions
122
D.
Conflict of Laws and the Uniform Commercial Code
133
E.
Insurance Conflicts
135
F.
Conflicts in Products Liability Litigation: Two Examples
137
G.
Complex Litigation
143
H.
Conflicts in Cyberspace
148
ch. 4
Constitutional Limitations on Choice of Law
151
A.
Due Process
152
1.
The Dick Case
152
2.
Values Protected by the Due Process Clause: Fairness to Individuals, Reasonable Foreseeability, and Protection from "Unfair Surprise"
155
B.
Full Faith and Credit
156
1.
The 1930s Cases on Full Faith and Credit and Choice of Law
157
2.
The Continuing Relevance of Pacific Employers
161
C.
Due Process and Full Faith and Credit, Merged
162
1.
Implementing Dick and Pacific Employers: The Watson and Clay Cases
162
2.
The Modern Cases: Hague and Shutts
164
3.
Full Faith and Credit, National Unity, and Sovereign Immunity
168
D.
The Privileges & Immunities Clause and the Problem of Discrimination in Choice of Law
172
E.
Other Constitutional Provisions
177
F.
The Obligation to Provide a Forum
178
1.
Hughes v. Fetter (1951)
178
2.
Tennessee Coal, Iron & R.R. Co. v. George (1914)
181
ch. 5
Recognition of Judgments
185
A.
The Basics of Claim and Issue Preclusion: A Review
186
1.
The Terminology of Preclusion
186
2.
Claim Preclusion
187
a.
The Claim Preclusion Principle Defined
189
i.
The "Same Claim"
189
ii.
The "Same Parties"
193
iii.
A "Judgment on the Merits"
199
b.
Some Additional Issues
202
3.
Issue Preclusion
206
a.
The Same Issue: What is an "Issue"?
207
b.
Actually Litigated and Determined
208
c.
Essential to the Judgment
211
d.
Nonmutuality in Issue Preclusion
213
e.
Nonmutuality, Complex and Public Law Litigation, and Class Actions
220
4.
The Limits of Preclusion
228
5.
The Difference Between Preclusion and Precedent
232
B.
Interjurisdictional Preclusion and Full Faith and Credit
234
1.
Full Faith and Credit: Article IV and 28 U.S.C. [§] 1738
234
2.
The Basic Doctrine: Fauntleroy v. Lum
236
3.
Interjurisdictional Recognition and the Role of State Interests
240
4.
Workers' Compensation: An Exception to Full Faith and Credit?
243
5.
Full Faith and Credit to Judgments Rendered Without Jurisdiction
248
6.
Full Faith and Credit, Real Property, and Jurisdiction
256
7.
Full Faith and Credit to Equitable Decrees
259
8.
Congress's Power to Legislate Pursuant to the Full Faith and Credit Clause and the Problem of "Partial Repeal" of [§] 1738
263
ch. 6
Conflict of Laws and Domestic Relations
275
A.
Marriage
275
B.
Divorce
281
1.
Ex Parte Divorce and Full Faith and Credit: The Williams Decisions
283
2.
Divorce by Consent
292
3.
Foreign Divorces Not Subject to Full Faith and Credit
297
4.
Dissolution of Same-Sex Marriages and Civil Unions
299
5.
The Incidents of Marriage and "Divisible Divorce"
300
C.
Interstate Recognition of Child Custody Decrees
303
1.
Full Faith and Credit and Domestic Child Custody Decrees
303
2.
International Child Abduction: The Hague Convention
309
D.
Spousal and Child Support Orders
312
ch. 7
The Law Applied in Federal Courts
317
A.
The "Erie Doctrine": An Introduction
317
1.
Why Discuss Erie in a Book on Conflict of Laws?
318
2.
The Three Broad Dimensions of the "Erie Doctrine"
318
3.
"Substance" vs. "Procedure"
319
4.
The Role of the Constitution in the "Erie Doctrine"
320
5.
Federal Courts Sitting in Diversity: Surrogates for State Courts or an Independent Judicial System?
320
6.
The Supreme Court's Messy Line of Decisions, and Not the Logically Consistent Theories of Legal Scholars, are the Law
321
7.
The Vast Majority of "Erie Decisions" Have Been Rendered by the Lower Federal Courts, Not the Supreme Court
322
B.
The Decision in Erie R.R. v. Tompkins (1938)
322
C.
What Erie Got Rid Of
323
D.
Justice Story and Swift v. Tyson (1842)
327
E.
What Was Wrong (Or Became Wrong) About Swift v. Tyson?
328
F.
The Constitutional Basis of the Erie Decision
330
G.
Taking Stock of Erie
335
H.
The "Erie Doctrine" After Erie: From Klaxon (1941) to Walker (1980)
337
1.
Klaxon v. Stentor (1941)
338
2.
Limitations Periods: Guaranty Trust v. York (1945)
341
3.
More Than Forum Shopping: Byrd v. Blue Ridge (1958)
344
4.
The Role of the Rules Enabling Act: Hanna v. Plumer (1965)
347
5.
Is There an "Unavoidable Conflict"? Walker v. Armco Steel (1980)
350
I.
The "Erie Doctrine" After Walker v. Armco Steel
355
1.
Burlington Northern Ry. v. Woods (1987)
355
2.
Stewart Organization, Inc. v. Ricoh Corp. (1988)
356
3.
Gasperini: A Return to the Byrd Problem?
358
4.
The Latest: Semtek (2001)
360
J.
Federal Common Law After Erie
363
ch. 8
Conflict of Laws in the International Sphere
373
A.
Some Introductory Comments
373
B.
Jurisdiction to Prescribe Under International Law
375
C.
The Presumption Against Extraterritoriality
380
1.
The Aramco Case: Title VII
381
2.
Extraterritorial Application of the U.S. Antitrust Laws
385
3.
The Presumption Against Territoriality as Applied to Other U.S. Laws
392
4.
Why Aren't Aramco and the Other "Extraterritoriality" Cases Treated as Choice-of-Law Cases?
395
D.
The Act-of-State Doctrine
398
E.
The Constitution and the Flag: Extraterritorial Reach of the U.S. Constitution
408
F.
The Status of International Law in American Courts
415
G.
Comparative Choice of Law: Conflicts Law Outside the United States
420
H.
Recognition of Foreign Judgments
423
1.
A Leading Case of Doubtful Modern Authority: Hilton v. Guyot (1895)
423
2.
Libel Tourism: A Case Study in the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign-Country Judgments
427
Table of Cases
437
Index
443