Choice of Law

Symeon C. Symeonides is the Alex L. Parks Distinguished Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus at Willamette University School of Law, in Oregon. He is an award winning author and renowned expert in conflicts law, having published 26 books and more than 120 articles (in seven languages), including the widely popular annual survey of American choice-of-law cases for the last thirty years. Reviewers have called him "a conflicts giant," "the world's leading expert on comparative conflicts law," and "the father of codification," and his work "brilliant," "engrossing," "masterful," and "indispensable." His work received five scholarly prizes and has been cited by the supreme courts of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Israel (22 times).

List of Tables

List of Charts, Figures, and Maps

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Introduction

Part I. The Federal Framework
Chapter 2. Federalism and Choice of Law

Part II. History, Doctrine, and Methodology
Chapter 3. Early Choice-of-Law Doctrine and the Traditional System
Chapter 4. The Structure of Choice-of-Law Rules and the Operation of the Choice-of-Law
Chapter 5. The Choice-of-Law Revolution: Theoretical Groundwork
Chapter 6: The Judicial Revolution in Torts and Contracts
Chapter 7. The Choice-of-Law Revolution Today: Methodological Pluralism

Part III. Choice of Law in Practice
Chapter 8. Torts
Chapter 9. Products Liability
Chapter 10. Contracts
Chapter 11. Forum Selection Clauses and Arbitration Clauses
Chapter 12. Insurance Conflicts
Chapter 13. Statutes of Limitation
Chapter 14. Status and Domestic Relations
Chapter 15. Property, Marital Property, and Successions
Chapter 16. Conflicts between Federal Law and Foreign Law

Part IV. Conclusions
Chapter 17. The Next Step

Appendix: List of choice-of-law codifications, EU regulations, and conventions

Table of Cases

Index