Conflict of Laws

Catalog description

A study of the problems presented because of differences in the laws of the several states and jurisdictions. Particular attention is given to acquisition of judicial power over litigants; the methods for choosing the applicable law when a transaction or occurrence has a relationship with two or more jurisdictions, each having different laws; and evolution and policies of conflicts theory, with emphasis on current developments and problems peculiar to a federal nation, including constitutional limitations on the power of a state to apply its law to transactions or occurrences that touch other states. Prerequisite(s): Civil Procedure I and Constitutional Law I. Graded.