Reporter Kermit Roosevelt III outlines the overall goals of the Restatement of the Law Third, Conflict of Laws project and Tentative Draft No. 3 in this video.
Kermit Roosevelt III Posts
Conflict of Laws: Introduction to Draft
by Kermit Roosevelt III | Apr 6, 2021 | Conflict of Laws
Conflict of laws is the field of law concerned with the resolution of legal questions having connections with more than one state. Typically, it comprises the subfields of personal jurisdiction, recognition of judgments, and choice of law.
Conflict of Laws: Choice of Law – Foreign Law (Part 2)
by Kermit Roosevelt III | May 29, 2020 | Conflict of Laws
In an earlier post, we shared 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.
Conflict of Laws: Choice of Law – Foreign Law (Part 1)
by Kermit Roosevelt III | May 27, 2020 | Conflict of Laws
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.
Conflict of Laws: Domicile of Natural and Juridical Persons
by Kermit Roosevelt III | May 22, 2020 | Conflict of Laws
The following entry contains the Black Letter and Comments a and b to § 2.01 of Tentative Draft No. 1, Chapter 2. Domicile, from Restatement of the Law Third, Conflict of Laws. The full draft contains additional Comments and Reporters’ Notes.
Reporters’ Guide to: Restatement of the Law Third, Conflict of Laws
by Kermit Roosevelt III | May 15, 2020 | Conflict of Laws
In this video summary, Reporters Kermit Roosevelt III, Laura E. Little, and Christopher A. Whytock provide an overview of Tentative Draft No. 1 (2020) of Restatement of the Law Third, Conflict of Laws, which contains parts of Chapter 1, Introduction; Chapter 2, Domicile; and Chapter 5, Choice of Law.
Certainty vs. Flexibility in the Conflict of Laws
by Kermit Roosevelt III | Jan 11, 2019 | Conflict of Laws
Traditional choice of law theory conceives of certainty and flexibility as opposed values: increase one, and you inevitably decrease the other. This article challenges the received wisdom by reconceptualizing the distinction.
The Draft Restatement (Third) of Conflict of Laws: A Response to Brilmayer & Listwa
by Kermit Roosevelt III | Nov 8, 2018 | Conflict of Laws
This Essay responds to Lea Brilmayer and Dan Listwa’s criticisms of the Draft Restatement (Third) of Conflict of Laws.