This Quick Review provides clear and concise explanations of the issues surrounding the conflict of laws. Text provides an analytical and exam approach accompanied with the typical questions found on a conflict of laws exam. Includes multiple-choice questions and answers, practice essay questions and model answers, and Case Squibs.
Authoritative text deals with interstate and international private litigation, business planning, estate planning, and administration. The text introduces the development and current state of approaches to choice of law. Provides...
However, in Cook v Plummer Thorpe LJ stated (obiter) that the application of the Owusu principle 'in the context of family proceedings is perhaps not. . . clear' as there are 'contrary arguments' and the 'decision in Owusu is deeply ...
Commentary on the Conflict of Laws
Throughout the book, there is extensive information about the law and practice of other mostly civil-law countries that provides an opportunity for instructive comparative discussion. One chapter is devoted to...
The book adopts a pragmatic approach and avoids the more abstract theory; as the theory of the conflict of laws is actually to be found in and by applying the legislation and jurisprudence to the cases and issues which arise in private ...
Understanding Conflict of Laws
This new addition to the Concepts and Insights series provides an analytical overview of the field of conflicts, explaining all major choice-of-law approaches in simple and straightforward text. Separate chapters...
Domicile; Litigational Matters; Jurisdiction to Adjudicate; Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and Decrees; Domestic Relations; Creation Status and its Consequences; Dissolution of Marriage and Its Consequences; Choice of Law:...