Conflict Of Laws

American law schools routinely teach a conflict-of-laws course. ❋ Peter Rozovsky (2010)

It seems we would also have a severe conflict-of-laws dispute here. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The “public policy exception” is NOT part of Full Faith and Credit Law; it is part of common law conflict-of-laws principles. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Two advocates–neither of whom is a conflict-of-laws expert–are responsible for deliberately creating the misperception that the Full Faith and Credit Clause requires interstate recognition of same-sex marriages absent a public policy exception. ❋ Unknown (2007)

There is a consensus among American conflict-of-laws scholars that the Full Faith and Credit Clause is almost completely irrelevant to the interstate recognition of marriages. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A conflict-of-laws rule may direct a Canadian judge to apply Mexican law in a Canadian case. ❋ Green, Leslie (2003)

The decision could have an influence on other circuits presented with the same problem, given its application of general contract and conflict-of-laws principles.

In allowing each State to withhold its recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions, Congress was merely confirming longstanding conflict-of-laws principles in a valid exercise of its express power to settle such questions under the Full Faith and Credit Clause. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Quite interestingly, under a conflict-of-laws perspective, one of the main concerns of the Commission was to achieve a sound coordination between the proposed directive and the Rome I Regulation. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Sonya Bichkov Green (John Marshall Law School) has written an article on the conflict-of-laws issues arising out of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART), focusing on the current legal and judicial framework in the United States (see our previous posts by Gilles Cuniberti on a case of surrogate parenthood involving French authorities: 1, 2): "Interstate Intercourse: How Modern Assisted Reproductive Technologies Challenge the Traditional Realm of Conflicts of Law". ❋ Unknown (2008)

Based on the DOJ’s summary of how state marriage laws differ see p. 16 in the conflict-of-laws discussion, shouldn’t the people of Arizona be outraged that their federal taxes are subsidizing those first-cousin marriages in New Mexico, and the people of New Jersey outraged that they’re subsidizing those 16-year-olds marrying in Indiana? ❋ Unknown (2009)