Conflict of Laws – 6202

Suppose a company in Minnesota contracts with a company in California to do some work on a construction site in New York and the laws of the three states are different on a critical issue of contract law? How would a court decide which state's law would govern? Does it matter in which state the lawsuit is brought? Would the considerations instead be different if the underlying issue was a matter of tort? Or property? These are issues of choice of law, the primary focus of the Conflicts course. The course also considers the circumstances under which a U.S. court is required to enforce, without questioning the merits, a judicial decision from another state or country. This is a vital course not only for prospective litigators but also for transactional lawyers. Lawyers who have not taken this course are unlikely even to be able to spot the critical issues.

Credits
3
Prerequisites
LAW 6015/6075 Civil Procedure II or familiarity with personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, and Erie Doctrine gained in another course.
Subject Area
Civil Litigation *
Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution & Advocacy
Student Year
Upper Division
LL.M.
Grade base
A - F
Course type
LEC