Jennifer Morinigo | March 1, 2018 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
Signed into law in January, the new law relates to foreign judgments (except for taxes, fines, or domestic relations) and protects against monetary judgments entered in nations whose courts fail to provide due process. From the New Jersey Law Revision Commission’s...
Cherri Gregg | January 25, 2018 | Conflict of Laws
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Pennsylvania Republicans are outraged and are planning to seek U.S. Supreme Court intervention on the state high court decision striking congressional maps. But it could be an uphill battle. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling is potentially the...
Kenny Chng | December 13, 2017 | Conflict of Laws
The public policy doctrine in the conflict of laws has been often characterised as uncertain and ambiguous. This article aims to examine the doctrine at common law from a theoretical perspective in order to: first, determine whether the substantive considerations...
Jennifer Morinigo | October 24, 2017 | American Indian Law, Children and the Law, Conflict of Laws, Data Privacy, Sexual Assault, Student Sexual Misconduct, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
At its meeting in New York City on October 19 and 20, The American Law Institute’s Council reviewed drafts for eight projects, with the following outcomes: Law of American Indians: The Council approved Council Draft No. 4, with the exception of § 33 Sovereign Immunity...
Ralf Michaels and Christopher A. Whytock | August 17, 2017 | Conflict of Laws, U.S. Foreign Relations Law
This Article [originally published in the Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law] highlights three proposals for addressing internationalization in the Restatement of the Law Third, Conflict of Laws. INTRODUCTION Some sixteen years ago, on the occasion...
