The following entry contains the Black Letter to §§ 5.06 and 5.07 of Tentative Draft No. 1, Chapter 5. Choice of Law, Topic 2. Foreign Law, from Restatement of the Law Third, Conflict of Laws. The full draft contains additional Comments and Reporters’ Notes.
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- § 5.06. Notice of Foreign Law
- (a) A party who intends to raise an issue about foreign law must give the court and the other parties reasonable written notice.
- (b) If no party has given notice under subsection (a) but the court intends to raise an issue about foreign law, the court should give the parties reasonable notice.
- § 5.07. Information About Foreign Law
- (a) In determining foreign law, the court may consider any relevant material or source, including testimony, whether or not admissible under the applicable rules of evidence.
- (b) The parties are primarily responsible for submitting information about foreign law. The court may also obtain information about foreign law on its own.
- (c) If the court has insufficient information to determine foreign law, it should ask the parties for more information, seek more information on its own, or both. If the parties do not provide and the court does not obtain sufficient information to determine foreign law, the court ordinarily applies forum law.
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