Business Law Project Topic: Conflict of Laws Introduction: What is Conflict of Law? Conflict of laws is that part of the law in each state‚ country‚ or other jurisdiction that determines whether‚ in dealing with a particular legal situation‚ its law or the law of some other jurisdiction will be applied. An alternative term‚ widely used in Europe‚ is "private international law May arise because of differences between the law of the country of nationality of a person and that in which that person
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Conflicts of Law: Topic 2 Domicile and other personal connecting factors (Home is where the heart is but does that represent the law?) Lecture 2: * One of the most important concept of conflicts of law Significance of domicile * Decides choice of law in areas of personal law such as marriage‚ status‚ succession and taxation. * Important in choice of law in many areas‚ mainly personal law * Often relevance in other statutes as well. Eg. Case of bankruptcy * Certain legal rights
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2011 CONFLICT OF LAWS COURSE OUTLINE AND READING MATERIALS Books: Morris‚ The Conflict of Laws (3 ed.) 1984 Cheshire and North‚ Private International law (11 ed.) 1987 Collier‚ Conflict of Laws (1988) Reference: Dicey and Morris‚ Conflict of Laws (11 ed.) 1987 Casebook: Morris and North‚ Cases and Materials on Private International Law (1984) Other works: Anton‚ Private International Law (of Scotland) 1967. Cook‚ Logical and Legal
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060601109 COURSE TITLE: CONFLICT OF LAWS COURSE CODE: JIL 421 LECTURER: MRS. AJIBADE GROUP: 2 TOPIC: CHOICE OF LAW RULES RELATING TO PROPERTY IN CONFLICT OF LAWS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE CASE OF RE MIDLETON’S SETTLEMENT INTRODUCTION Conflict of laws involves situations when there is a foreign element in a case. There are three main questions which arise for determination in conflict of laws: choice of jurisdiction‚ choice of law‚ and recognition and enforcement
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(the law of the place of conclusion of the marriage). This rule is founded firmly in Roman-Dutch law and entrenched in South African case law. ( Exception: S 10 of the Marriage Act 25 of 1961 makes provision for South African diplomatic and consular officers to solemnise marriages between South Africans in the countries in which they are stationed. Such embassy marriages are deemed to have been concluded in South Africa and their formal validity is thus governed by South African law (as the
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Private International Law – Study Notes The most important instruments of European Union Law in terms of this course are the following: Brussels Convention and Brussels I Regulation (i.e. 1968 Brussels Convention on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters) (Schedule I to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982) and Brussels I Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments
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Situational Analysis on Children in Conflict with the Law and the Juvenile Justice System Atty. Sedfrey Candelaria; Atty. Aleli Domingo; Amanda Roselle Abrera; Geo Carbonell; Ma. Victoria Cardona and Tricia Oco Adhikain Para sa Karapatang Pambata (AKAP) of the Ateneo Human Rights Center‚ Ateneo Law School and United Nations Children’s Fund‚ 1998. E-mail: ahrc@acc.aiti.admu.edu.ph/ manila@unicef.org The Philippine Senate‚ through Resolution No. 109 dated July 20‚ 1990 ratified the Convention
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Court should apply the law of East Kansas. This case involves a conflict of law issue because West Kansas’s law provides that worker’s compensation is the exclusive remedy for employees‚ who are victims of intentional torts‚ while East Kansas says that worker’s compensation is not the exclusive remedy. Under the governmental interest approach to conflicts of law‚ this Court should resolve this conflict in favor of East Kansas because it has an interest in applying its law‚ while West Kansas does
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French company and a provider of electronics in China. Laws covering trade between businesses in different countries have existed since the law merchant was born in the medieval period. As business has grown across national borders and business relations have deepened‚ the legal dimension of business has had to follow suit. All commercial transactions across borders exist within the framework of national legal systems. Contract law: An agreement made between two or more parties who promise
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SPM235 MARITIME AND COMMERCIAL LAW Random number: 445211 20 August 2012 Prof. Patrick Donner Word count: 1940 (excluding cover page‚ table of contents and reference list) I. Introduction The ideal of harmonization and uniformity has always proved to be particularly important factor of maritime law due to the character of maritime industry’s transaction has historically been perceived as somewhat international trade and international law. However‚ over the past decade‚ the
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