American Conflicts Law, 5th Edition / / Luther L. McDougal III, Robert Felix, and Ralph Whitten.

• VerfasserIn: McDougal, Luther L.,; Felix, Robert,; Whitten, Ralph,
• TeilnehmendeR: Felix, Robert,; Whitten, Ralph,
• Place / Publishing House: Ardsley, NY : : Transnational Publishers, Inc.,, [2001]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Edition: Fifth edition.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Table of Contents

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Background
• 1. History and Literature
• 2. The Choice-of-Law Problem
• 3. "Jurisdiction
• 4. Shifting Choice-of Law Theory
• 5. Federal Constitutional Controls
• 6. International Conflicts Problems
• 7. The Other State's Law: Renvoi
• 8. The Function of Conflicts Law
• Chapter 2 Domicile and Related Concepts
• 9. The Concept of Domicile and Its Functions
• 10. Domicile of a Competent Adult
• 11. Domicile of a Married Woman
• 12. Domicile of a Minor Child
• 13. Domicile of an Incompetent
• 14. Corporate Domicile
• 15. Judicial Determination of Domicile
• 16. Conflicting Determinations
• 17. Residence and Other Concepts
• 18. Durational Requirements: Constitutionality
• Chapter 3 Personal Jurisdiction: The Basic Principles
• 19. Traditional Bases
• 20. Contemporary Bases
• 21. International Shoe: Status of the Traditional Rules
• 22. Specific and General Jurisdiction
• 23. Specific Jurisdiction.: Problems of Application
• 24. General Jurisdiction: Problems of Application
• 25. Jurisdiction by Necessity
• Chapter 4 Personal Jurisdiction: General Principles
• 26. Requisites to Exercise of Jurisdiction
• 27. Long-Arm Statutes
• 28. Constitutional Requirement of Notice
• 29. Presentation and Waiver of Personal Jurisdiction Defenses
• Consent
• 30. Continuing Jurisdiction
• 31. Federal Courts
• 32. Class Actions
• Chapter 5 Personal Jurisdiction: Specific Situations
• 33. Tort Cases: In General
• 34. Tort Cases: Products Liability
• 35. Contract Cases
• 36. Property Cases: Ownership or Use of Property
• 37. Property Cases: Remnants of In Rem Jurisdiction
• 38. Jurisdiction Based on Internet Activities
• 39. Special Problems with Corporations.
• Chapter 6 Personal Jurisdiction: Grounds for Not Exercising
• 40. Access to Local Courts
• 41. Immunity from Suit: Rules Against Acquisition of Jurisdiction by Fraud or Force
• 42. Ordering the Doing of Out-of-State Acts
• 43. The Local Action Rule
• 44. Dissimilarity and Local Public Policy
• 45. Penal and Governmental Claims
• 46. Inadequacy of Judicial Machinery
• 47. Forum Non Conveniens
• 48. Choice-of-Forum Clauses
• 49. Injunctions Against Extrastate Suits
• Chapter 7 Legislative Jurisdiction
• 50. The Constitutional Framework
• 51. Early Constitutional Decisions
• 52. Revised Constitutional Limits
• 53. Allstate Insurance Co. v. Hague
• 54. "State's Rights" in Choice of Law
• 55. Escheat of Intangible Property
• 56. Jurisdiction to Tax
• Chapter 8 Vertical Choice of Law: State Law in Federal Courts
• 57. The Swift Doctrine
• 58. The Erie Doctrine
• 59. Klaxon and the Extension of Erie to Conflict of Laws
• 60. Development of the Erie Doctrine: Rules of Decision Act Cases
• 61. Development of the Erie Doctrine: Rules Enabling Act Cases
• 62. Ascertaining State Law
• 63. Federal Common Law
• 64. Effect of the Erie Doctrine on Federal Statutes
• Chapter 9 Judgments and Public Acts
• 65. The Full Faith and Credit Clause and its Implementing Statutes
• 66. Full Faith and Credit to Public Acts
• 67. State Judgments: Basic Rule of Enforceability
• Procedure for Enforcement
• 68. State Judgments: Basic Rule of Claim and Issue Preclusion
• 69. State Judgments: Erroneous and Contradictory Judgments
• 70. State Judgments: Invalid or Reexaminable Judgments
• Fraud
• Nonfinal and Modifiable Judgments
• 71. State Judgments: Decrees Concerning Out-of-State Land
• 72. State Judgments: Statutes of Limitation.
• 73. State Judgments: Penal Statutes and Governmental Claims
• 74. State Judgments Adjudicating Federal Claims and Issues
• 75. State Administrative Adjudications
• 76. Federal Judgments
• 77. Judgments of Foreign Countries
• 78. Enforceability of United States Judgments Abroad
• Chapter 10 Choice-of-Law Theories and Concepts
• 79. Territorial Location of Vested Rights
• 80. Characterization and Other Escape Devices
• 81. The Just Result in the Particular Case
• 82. Choice of Jurisdiction or Choice of Law
• 83. Forum Preference
• 84. The "Most Significant Relationship" Test
• 85. Governmental Interest Analysis
• 86. "Statutory Construction" as a Basis for Choice of Law
• 87. Principles of Preference
• 88. Choice-Influencing Considerations
• 89. Multistate Substantive Laws
• 90. Judicial Eclecticism
• 91. Post-Occurrence Contacts and Separate Issues (Dépeçage)
• 92. Choice-of-Law Statutes
• Chapter 11 Leflar's Choice-Influencing Considerations
• 93. Background
• 94. Predictability of Results
• 95. Maintenance of Interstate and International Order
• 96. Simplification of the Judicial Task
• 97. Advancement of the Forum's Governmental Interests
• 98. Application of the Better Rule of Law
• 99. Correlating the Considerations
• Chapter 12 Criminal Law
• 100. "Crime Is Local"
• Basic Theory
• 101. Operation of Basic Theory
• 102. Nonterritorial Bases of Jurisdiction
• 103. Multistate Jurisdiction
• 104. Interstate Boundary Streams
• 105. Admissibility of Evidence
• 106. Federal Law Affecting State Crimes
• 107. Intercounty Problems
• 108. Return of Wanted Persons from Other States
• 109. International Extradition
• Chapter 13 Procedural Matters
• 110. Characterization: Substantive or Procedural.
• 111. Scope of the Procedural Concept in General
• 112. Evidence
• 113. Presumptions and Burden of Proof
• 114. Parol Evidence Rule
• Statute of Frauds
• 115. Measure of Damages
• 116. Statutes of Limitation: The Traditional Approach
• 117. Statutes of Limitations: Modern Approaches
• 118. Limitations: Tolling Statutes
• 119. Proof of Foreign Law and Records
• Chapter 14 Torts
• 120. Variety of Approaches
• 121. Lex Loci Delicti
• 122. Place of First Harmful Impact
• 123. Escape Devices
• Characterization
• 124. Governmental Interest Analysis
• 125. Most Significant Relationship
• 126. New York: Principles of Preference?
• 127. Choice-Influencing Considerations
• 128. Eclecticism
• 129. Federal Admiralty Cases
• 130. Actions Against States
• Chapter 15 Contracts
• 131. Typical Diversity in Choice of Law
• 132. Law of Place of Making
• 133. Law of Place of Performance
• 134. Intent of the Parties
• 135. Construction and Interpretation
• 136. The Preference for Validation
• 137. Contracts with a Choice-of-Law Clause
• 138. "Center of Gravity," "Grouping of Contracts," and the Restatement (Second)
• 139. Other Contemporary Approaches
• 140. Usury
• 141. Insurance Contracts
• 142. Bills and Notes
• 143. Arbitration Clauses
• 144. Quasi-Contractual Liabilities
• 145. United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
• Chapter 16 Workers' Compensation
• 146. Conflicts Background
• 147. Proper Forum: Local or Transitory Action
• 148. Permissible Choices of Law
• 149. Statutory Conflicts Provisions
• 150. Plural Compensation Recoveries
• 151. Tort Recoveries
• 152. Subrogation, Contribution, and Indemnity
• Chapter 17 Land
• 153. General Principles
• 154. Renvoi in Land Cases.
• 155. Conversion of Immovables
• 156. Capacity of Parties and Formalities of Conveyance
• 157. Interpretation and Effect of Conveyance
• 158. Contracts and Covenants Concerning Land
• 159. Mortgages and Other Encumbrances
• 160. Trusts and Other Equitable Interests
• 161. Titles Created by Operation of Law
• 162. Actions Concerning Extrastate Land
• Chapter 18 Tangible and Intangible Personalty
• 163. Voluntary Transfers: The Situs Rule
• 164. Reference to Domiciliary Law
• 165. Contemporary Analysis
• 166. Nonconsensual Changes in Title
• 167. Removal Across State Lines
• 168. Third-Party Transactions After Removal
• 169. Title Embodied in a Document
• 170. Transactions Under the Uniform Commercial Code
• 171. The "Situs" of Choses in Action
• 172. Escheat of Intangibles
• 173. Assignments
• Chapter 19 Trusts
• 174. Trusts of Land
• 175. Inter Vivos Trusts of Personalty
• 176. Testamentary Trusts of Personalty
• 177. New Trusts Under Powers of Appointment
• 178. Administration
• 179. Interpretation and Construction
• 180. Remedies
• Chapter 20 Wills and Inheritance
• 181. Intestate Succession
• 182. Validity of Wills
• 183. Revocation of Wills
• 184. Interpretation of Wills
• 185. Marital Property Interests
• 186. Powers of Appointment
• 187. Probate of Wills
• Chapter 21 Decedents' Estates
• 188. Nature and Function of Administration
• 189. Legal Status of Executors and Administrators
• 190. Land
• 191. Tangible Personalty, Negotiable Paper, Judgments
• 192. Debts Owed to Decedent
• 193. Rights Arising After Administration Begins
• 194. Claims Against the Estate
• 195. Effect of Extrastate Judgments
• 196. Termination of Administration
• Chapter 22 Receivers and Conservators
• 197. Appointment of Receivers.
• 198. Local Nature of Receiverships.