The American Choice-Of-Law Revolution: Past, Present and Future

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-90-04-15219-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 480 Seiten, Gewicht: 1012 g

Reihe: The Hague Academy of International Law Monographs

This book is an updated and expanded version of the General Course delivered by the author at the Hague Academy of International Law in 2002. The book chronicles and evaluates the intellectual movement known as “the revolution” in American private international law. This movement began in the 1960s, caught fire in the ‘70s, spread in the ‘80s and declared victory in the ‘90s, leading to the abandonment of the centuries-old choice-of-law system, at least for torts and contracts. This book:

- explores the revolution’s philosophical and methodological underpinnings;

- provides the most comprehensive and systematic analysis of court decisions following the revolution;

- identifies the revolution’s successes and failures; and

- proposes ways and means (including a new breed of “smart” choice-of-law rules) to turn the revolution’s victory into success.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Symeonides, Symeon

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Privatrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; Tables; Charts and Maps; Biographical Note; Principal Publications; Chapter I Introduction; Chapter II The Scholastic Revolution; Chapter III The Judicial Revolution; Chapter IV The Choice-of-law Revolution Today; Chapter V The Distinction between Conduct-regulation and Loss-distribution in Tort Conflicts; Chapter VI Loss-distribution Tort Conflicts; Chapter VII Conduct-Regulation Tort Conflicts; Chapter VIII Products Liability; Chapter IX The American Choice-of-law Revolution: A Macro View; Chapter X The Next Phase in Choice of Law; Table of Cases; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Symeonides, Symeon
Symeon C. Symeonides is the drafter of three private international law codifications, and the author of six books and over sixty articles on the same subject, including the most widely read annual surveys of American choice-of-law cases.

Symeon C. Symeonides is the drafter of three private international law codifications, and the author of six books and over sixty articles on the same subject, including the most widely read annual surveys of American choice-of-law cases.