GENERAL PART 1
What it is all about 1
1.Terminology and Scope 8
1.Choice of law and jurisdiction 8
2-1."Conflict of laws" and "private international law" 9
2-2.Interterritorial and intertemporal conflicts 11
3.Datum and rule of decision 13
4.2.History 14
a.The European continent 17
5-1.Statutism 17
5-2.Comity 19
5-3.From vested rights to modern pluralism 20
b.England and the United States 22
6-1.Lex fori.....? 22
6-2.Joseph Story 22
6-3..."Vested rights": Dicey and Beale 24
7."Local law" 26
8-1.3.Current Doctrine 27
8-2."Justice" 28
8-3.Cavers: Principles of Preference 29
8-4.The Second Restatement: "The most significant relationship" 30
8-5.Currie: "Governmental interests" 31
8-6.Von Mehren and Trautman: "Functional approach" 33
8-7.Leflar: Choice influencing considerations 34
8-8.The courts 34
8-9.Problem selection (Rheinstein) and interpretation 35
4.Sources 37
a.Choice and non-choice 37
9-1.(1) Forum rule by non-choice ("self-delimitation") 37
(2) Choice by formulated true rules 39
9-2.Codes 39
9-3.Statutes 39
9-4.Precedent 41
9-5.(3) Choice by non-formulated rules 42
9-6.(4) Choice by forum policy 43
9-7.(5) Forum rule as residuary 45
9-8.(6) The "lex-fori approach" defended 46
b.International law 50
10-1.Treaties 50
10-2.Customary law 51
c.National law 52
11-1.(1) International conflicts 52
11-2.(2) "Federal fields" 53
12-1.(3) The Constitution? 54
12-2.Due Process 55
Full Faith and Credit 57
13-1.(a) In general 57
13-2.(b) Statute of limitations 59
13-3.(c) Wrongful death statutes 60
13-4.(d) Workmen's compensation acts 60
13-5.(e) Conclusions 61
14.d.State law 62
5.The "Structure" of Choice of Law Rules 64
15-1.Traditional devices 64
15-2."False conflicts" 65
a.Characterization 66
16-1.Contract or tort 66
16-2."Legal ideas" or "gimmicks" 68
16-3.Interpretation 69
16-4.Lex fori or lex causae? 70
16-5.Preliminary (incidental) question 71
17-1.b.Renvoi 72
17-2.Theory 72
17-3.Practice 74
17-4.Rationale 75
c.Public policy 76
18-1.In general 76
18-2.Penal laws and taxes 78
18-3.Filling the gap 79
18-4.Fraud on the law 80
6.Choice of Forum Law 81
a.Procedural characterization 81
19-1.Proper use 81
19-2.Improper use 82
19-3.Future use 82
19-4.Deficiency judgments 84
20-1.b.Recognition of judgments 85
(1) Extranational judgments 85
20-2.Judicial acts 85
20-3.Administrative acts 87
20-4.Extralitigious proceedings 88
(2) Sister state judgments 88
20-5.Judicial acts 88
20-6.Administrative acts 90
c.Statute of limitations 90
21-1.(1) "Favor rei" (the shorter statute) 90
21-2.(2) "Favor actor is" (the longer statute) 92
d."Moral data" (non-choice) 93
22-1.(1) Negligence 93
(2) Restitution 94
22-2.The concept 94
22-3.Lex causae? 96
22-4.Lex fori 97
22-5.Exceptions? 97
(3) Equitable defenses 98
22-6.Unclean hands 98
22-7.Estoppel 99
22-8.Fraud 99
22-9.Piercing the corporate veil 100
7.Finding the Foreign Law 101
23.a.Theory 101
24.b.Failure to plead 102
c.Failure of proof 104
25-1.Judicial notice 104
25-2.Other solutions- 105
25-3.d.Mechanics 107
PERSONS 108
1.Natural Persons in General 108
a.Status and its incidents 108
26-1.History 108
26-2."Public law" status梞arriage 109
26-3.Non-status doption 111
b.The "personal law" 113
27.Nationality and domicile 113
28.The concept of domicile 114
29.Scope of domicile rule capacity？ 116
2.Domestic Relations 118
a.Marriage 118
(1) Agreements relating to marriage 118
30-1.Engagment 118
30-2.Anti-marriage and divorce stipulations 118
30-3.Antenupital and postnuptial agreements 119
(2) Validity of marriage 120
31-1.Valid under law of celebration 120
31-2.Invalid under law of clebration 123
31-3.Two marriages 124
b.Children and parents 126
32.Legitimacy by birth 126
33.Legitimation by subsequent marriage 127
34.Legitimation by acknowledgment 128
35.Legitimacy through birth from, or legitimation by, attempted marriage 130
36.Illegitimacy 131
37.Adoption 132
c.Family support (URESA) 134
38-1.Defendant's law 134
38-2.Plaintiffs law 135
38-3.A better law? 136
3."Juristic Persons'' 137
39.a.Personality 137
40.b.Personal law 138
41.c.Capacity 140
d.The members 142
42-1.Members inter se; transfer of membership 142
42-2.Members and the corporation 143
43.Members and third parties 144
44.e.Partnerships 145
45.f.Regulatory measures 146
CONTRACTS 147
46-1.1.General Analysis 147
a.Express stipulation: professio juris 147
46-2.General rule 147
46-3.Limitation? 149
b.Adhesion contracts 150
47-1.Professio juris 150
47-2.In general 151
c.Third parties 152
48.Agency 152
49.Third party beneficiaries 156
50.Assignment 157
51.Subrogation 158
52-1.2.Validity 160
52-2.a.Europe 160
b.United States 161
53-1.Party autonomy 161
53-2.Vested rights 162
53-3."Most significant relationship" 163
53-4.Lex fori 164
54.Presumption of validity 165
c.Phases of the validity problem 167
(1) Form requirements 167
55-1.Imperative rules 167
55-2.Validation 169
55-3.Invalidation 170
56-1.(2) Capacity to contract 173
56-2.Married women 174
56-3.Infants 175
57.(3) Sufficiency of consideration 177
58-1.(4) Legality 177
58-2...Usury 178
59-1.Invalidation under forum law 180
59-2.Invalidation under foreign law 181
3.Performance 184
60.a.Introduction 184
b.Interpretation and construction 185
61-1.Interpretation 185
61-2.Construction 186
62-1.c.Discharge 186
62-2.Performance 187
62-3.Release 187
62-4.Operation of law 188
63-1.d.Breach 189
63-2.Breach of implied warranties 189
63-3.Requirement of notice 190
63-4.Statute of limitations 191
63-5.Specific performance 191
64.Damages 191
65.Interest 194
4.Particular Contracts 195
a.Insurance 195
(1) Life, accident, and fire insurance 195
66-1.Professio juris 195
66-2.Lex fori against imperative formulae 195
66-3.Location of the risk 196
(2) Casualty insurance 197
67-1.The dilemma 197
67-2.Interspousal immunity 198
67-3.Direct actions 198
68.b Suretyship 200
c.Employment 203
69-1.(1) Validity 203
(2) "Master and servant" 203
69-2."Right to work" 203
69-3.Wages 204
69-4.Pre-tort release 204
70.Workmen's compensation 205
(3) Principal and agent 206
71-1.Real estate brokers 206
71-2.Other agents 208
72.d.Transportation 209
73.e.Procedural agreements 211
74.f.Arbitration 211
75.(vacant) 212
TORTS 213
1.History and Doctrine 213
76-1.From the lex fori to the lex loci 213
76-2.From the place of conduct to the place of harm 215
76-3.New formulae? 216
2.General Principles 219
a.Classification by issues 219
77-1.Depecage (scission) of the case 219
77-2.(1) Damages in general 220
77-3.Periodic payments 221
77-4.Loss of consortium 221
(2) Limitation on wrongful death damages 222
77-5.Exit the limiting lex loci 222
77-6."Relationships" and "interests" 224
77-7.Statutory interpretation 226
77-8.Insurability in particular 226
77-9.Forum shopping 227
77-10.Outlook 228
78-1.(3) Survival of action and standing to sue 229
(4) Re-allocation of the loss 230
78-2.Release of co-tortfeasors 230
78-3."Splitting" the cause of action 231
78-4.Contribution between tortfeasors 231
79.b.Classification by torts: admonition versus compensation 232
3.Intentional Torts and Other Moral "Wrongs" 234
80-1.a.Family relations 234
b.Personal injury 235
80-2.Assault and battery 235
80-3.Dram Shop Acts 236
80-4.Moral negligence 237
c.Property 238
80-5.Fraud 238
80-6.Abuse of process 239
80-7.Conversion 240
80-8.Insurers' liability 240
d.Trade 241
81.Antitrust 241
82.Unfair competition and trademarks 242
e.Reputation 243
83-1.Individual defamation 243
83-2.Mass (multistate) defamation 243
83-3.Lex causae? (herein of statutes of limitation) 244
83-4.Lex fori? 245
83-5.What now? 245
84.4.Accidents (Enterprise Liability) 246
a.Traffic accidents 247
(1) Negligence 247
85-1.Cause of action 247
85-2.Contributory negligence 249
(2) Third party liability 250
86-1.The Scheer rule 250
86-2.Vicarious liability in general 251
87.The automobile owner in particular 252
88.Community property 254
(3) Immunities 255
89.Guest statutes 255
90-1.Family immunities 258
90-2.Charitable immunities 259
b.Products liability 260
91-1.Forum law? 260
91-2.Foreign law? 261
91-3.Plaintiff's choice? 262
c.Other accident liabilities 263
92.Dog-bites 263
93.Blasting and other ultra-hazardous activities 264
94-95.Vacant 264
PROPERTY 265
1.Land (Immovables) 265
a.In general 265
96-1.The lex situs 265
96-2.Renvoi 266
96-3.Equitable conversion 266
96-4.Liens 267
97.b.Title to land 267
c.Land contracts 269
98-1.Validity 269
98-2.Other questions 270
98-3.d.Leases 271
2.Chattels 272
a.Lex situs, personal law,and lex actus 272
99-1.History 272
99-2.Analysis 273
b.Derivative acquisition (transfer) 275
100-1.Validity 275
100-2.Repossession 277
c.Original acquisition (bona fide purchase) 278
101-1.Introduction 278
101-2.Automobiles 279
102.Other chattels 282
3.Intangibles 284
a.In general 284
103-1.Lex situs? 284
103-2.Other formulae? 285
b.Negotiable instruments 286
104.Unification? 286
105-1.Contractual obligations 287
105-2.Property rights 288
106.A better law? 289
c.Assignments 290
107-1.Validity 290
107-2.Assignability 291
107-3.Successive assignments 292
d.Living trusts 294
108-1.Validity 294
108-2.Administration 295
108-3."Construction'' 296
4.Marital Property 297
a.In general 297
109-1.Prior titles 297
109-2.Full mutability 298
109-3.Partial mutability 299
110.b.Immovables 300
111.c.Movables 301
SUCCESSION 304
1.General Problems 304
112-1.Situs and domicile 304
112-2.Movables and immovables 305
113.2.Immovables 306
114.a.Intestate succession 307
b.Testate succession 309
115-1.Validity 309
115-2.Other questions 310
116.c.Anti-testate succession 311
3.Movables 312
117.a.Intestate succession 312
b.Testate succession 313
118-1.Formal validity 313
118-2.Capacity 314
119-1.Charitable bequests 315
119-2.Other questions of validity 315
120-1.Interpretation and construction 316
120-2.Revocation 317
121.c.Anti-testate succession 318
122.d.Administration 319
123.THE NUTSHELL "IN A NUTSHELL" 321
Index 333