Conflict of Laws

Written by leading Conflict of Laws scholars, Conflict of Laws: Cases and Materials, Eighth Edition, presents a balanced study of Conflict of Laws, otherwise known as Private International Law. The book begins with a discussion of traditional approaches to choice-of-law problems, both inter-state and international, followed by an examination of how modern courts and commentators have struggled to formulate new and better approaches. The remaining broad topics—constitutional limitations on choice of law, personal jurisdiction, conflicts in the federal system, recognition and enforcement of judgments, extraterritorial application of federal law, choice of legal regimes, and choice of law in complex litigation—are considered in light of the wisdom derived from consideration of the basic choice-of-law problems.

The 11th edition of the popular Conflicts casebook continues to deepen and explore contemporary approaches to choice of law and jurisdiction with both scholarly and practical examples and a particular emphasis on international conflicts. This edition contains a discussion of the draft Third Restatement of Conflicts by one of its reporters; two new cases on party autonomy (Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board v. Snow and Cotter v. Lyft, Inc.); an updated section on Internet law with new material on Internet domain names, trademark and unfair competition, and recent scholarship; a new section on the Commerce Clause and extraterritorial state regulation, including a new primary case (Association for Accessible Medicines v. Frosh); an expanded section on interstate sovereign immunity, with a new primary case (Franchise Tax Board v. Hyatt III); a new primary case on personal jurisdiction (Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court); new material on child abduction and the Hague Convention, focusing on Monasky v. Taglieri; new note and questions on the Alien Tort Statute, including Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC and Nestle USA, Inc. v. Doe; updated treatment of the extraterritorial effect of intellectual property statutes; a new primary case on territoriality and constitutional remedies (Hernandez v. Mesa); a new case on the extraterritorial application of Due Process Clause (Al Hela v. Trump); and a great deal more.