Law Course Catalog

7632. Conflict of Laws

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

This course is a study of the nature and the disposition of legal problems which arise when significant aspects of a litigation are connected with more than one jurisdiction. It is concerned with theoretical and constitutional bases of choice of law rules in torts, contracts, property and other areas; judicial jurisdiction; foreign judgments; and special problems of federal courts in these regards.