CONFLICTS SYLLABUS
Fall 2018
Michael Green
The
following provisional only and is subject to revision.
In addition, materials
to supplement the casebook may be added from time to time.
All pages numbers refer to Currie, Kaye, Kramer &
Roosevelt,
Conflict of Laws (9th
edition), and those in brackets refer to the 8th edition and those in parentheses refer to the 7th edition, unless
otherwise stated.
I. Introduction
II. Choice of Law
A. The Traditional Approach
1.
Survey
of Jurisdiction-Selecting Rules
a. Torts 3-19 [2-17] (2-17) 1st
Restatement on Torts
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b. Contracts 20-28 [18-26]
(17-25)
1st
Restatement on Contracts
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c. Property 28-33 [26-30]
(26-30) 1st
Restatement on Property
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d. Domicile 34-40 [31-37]
(30-37) 1st
Restatement on Domicile
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e.
Other
Traditional Rules 40-43 [37-39] (37-39) 1st
Restatement on Marriage
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2. Escape Devices
a. Characterization
43-53 [39-48] (39-48)
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b.
Substance/Procedure Distinction 53-66 [48-61] (48-61) 1st
Restatement on Procedure
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c. Renvoi 66-76 [61-70]
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d. Public Policy,
Penal Laws, Tax Claims 76-91 [70-84] (70-84)
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3. Virginia cases
McMillan v. McMillan,
219 Va. 1127
(1979)
Jones v. R.S. Jones,
Inc., 246 Va. 3 (1993)
Buchanan v. Doe, 246
Va. 67 (1993)
Dreher v. Budget
Rent-A-Car System, Inc., 634 S.E.2d 324 (Va. 2006)
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B. Pleading and
Proving Foreign Law 91-97 [84-90] (84-90)
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C. Modern Approaches
1. Statutory Solutions (borrowing statutes) 102-105 [94-97]
(96-99)
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2. Party Autonomy and the Rule of Validation 108-120 [99-111]
(101-112) - don't do questions (1) and (2) on Pritchard
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3. Interest Analysis
a.
Introduction 135-50 [122-35] (124-37)
Harris v. Harris (Ga. 1985)
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b.
Identifying False Conflicts 150-69 [136-53] (137-55)
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c.
Unprovided-For Cases 169-75 [153-60] (167-74)
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d. Resolving
True Conflicts - The Law of the Forum 175-84 [160-68] (174-82)
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e. Resolving
True Conflicts - The Moderate and Restrained Interpretation 185-89 [168-72]
(182-86)
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f.
Resolving
True Conflicts - Comparative Impairment 189-204, 219-23 [172-86, 197-200] (186-99,
201-04)
NOTE: section
6 on page 204 in the 9th edition has no equivalent in the 8th
NOTE: section
5 on pages 185-86 of the 8th edition has no equivalent in the 7th
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4. Most Significant Relationship 223-49 [200-24]
(204-28) [NOTE: just skim the Wood Bros. case - we won't talk about it
in great detail]
Selections from
the 2nd Restatement [skim]
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5. Better Law 249-66 [224-41] (228-45)
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6. New York's
Neumeier Rules 207-19
NOTE: the
sections in the 8th and 7th editions [189-97] (155-67) do not
overlap much with the 9th edition here
Cooney v. Osgood Machinery
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7. Depecage 266-72 [241-46] (245-250)
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8. Renvoi 272-82 [246-55] (250-59)
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9.
Complex Litigation 290-322 [263-93] (266-96)
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10. Internet 333-42 [303-311] (306-15)
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D.
Constitutional Limitations on Choice of Law
1.
Due Process 343-50 [312-19] (316-23)
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2. Full Faith and Credit 356-59, 360-64 - don't do sections (1) and 2) on p.359-60 [324-28, 329-32
- don't do sections (1) and 2) on p. 328] (328-32, 333-36 - don't do
sections (1) and (2) on p. 332)
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3. Convergence of Due Process and Full Faith
and Credit 364-84 [332-52]
(336-56)
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4. Obligation to Provide a Forum 385-96 [352-63] (356-67)
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5. Privileges and Immunities Clause sections
(3)-(7) - pp. 403-07 [sections
(3)-(7) - pp. 368-73] (sections
(3)-(7) - pp. 373-77)
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III. Recognition of
Foreign Judgments
A. The Basics of Full Faith
and Credit for Judgments and Res Judicata 519-23 [473-77] (477-81)
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B. Judgments and the
Interest of the Forum 523-40 [477-92] (481-96)
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C. Jurisdictional Issues
551-59 [503-10] (507-14)
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D. The Land Taboo 559-70 [510-21]
(514-25)
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