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Conflict of Laws

3rd Edition
Kermit Roosevelt, III
ISBN: 9781636590714
Subject: Conflict Of Laws
Format: Print - Softbound
Page Count: 273
Copyright: 2022 | Status: In Stock
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This title provides an analytical overview of the field of conflicts and explains all major choice-of-law approaches in simple and straightforward text. Separate chapters explore discrete conflicts issues, including personal jurisdiction, recognition of judgments, family law, and state-federal conflicts, including Erie and preemption. It covers the most recent Supreme Court cases on personal jurisdiction and extraterritorial application of federal law, as well as the latest examples of state choice of law approaches. Extensive description and analysis of leading cases make this book an excellent companion to a casebook as well as a resource for practitioners.


Imprint: Foundation Press
Series: Concepts and Insights
Publication Date: 04/22/2022

Kermit Roosevelt, III, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

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  • an expanded discussion of state choice-of-law statutes
  • a discussion of the Third Restatement (currently in the process of being drafted)
  • new cases on judicial jurisdiction
  • new cases on the extraterritorial scope of federal law

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