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Conflict of Laws: Cases and Materials

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Sixth Edition

R. Lea Brilmayer
Yale Law School

Jack Goldsmith
Harvard Law School

Erin O’Hara
Vanderbilt Law School

2011. 900 pages. ISBN: 978-0-7355-5745-1. With Teacher's Manual.


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About the Book

A classic casebook that provides an analytical framework for the study of conflict of laws

Features:

  • Balance of historical and recent cases, with problems that test the application of cases
  • Balance between theoretical and practical aspects of conflicts, with coverage of state law issues where appropriate
  • Focus on choice of law
  • Coverage of conflicts in the international arena—the broadest coverage of this topic of any conflicts casebook

New to the Sixth Edition:

  • New co-author Erin O’Hara is a leading scholar in this area
  • Much lengthier and richer discussion of party autonomy in choice of law.
  • New section on complex litigation and conflicts of law
  • New section on jurisdictional competition as it relates to choice of law
  • Material in internet chapter reorganized and worked into preceding chapters.
  • Casebook updated throughout