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Conflict of laws

Index Conflict of laws

Conflict of laws concerns relations across different legal jurisdictions between natural persons, companies, corporations and other legal entities, their legal obligations and the appropriate forum and procedure for resolving disputes between them. [1]

43 relations: A. V. Dicey, American Law Institute, Arbitration, Argentina, Capacity (law), Choice of law clause, Conflict of contract laws, Conflict of interest, Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations 1980, Defamation, Dicey Morris & Collins, Direct effect of European Union law, E-commerce, Forum selection clause, Free will, Freedom of contract, Habitual residence, Hague Conference on Private International Law, Lex domicilii, Lex fori, Lex loci rei sitae, Lex patriae, List of Hague Conventions on Private International Law, Marriage, Max Planck Society, Microsoft Corp. v. Motorola Inc., Nationality, Peace Palace Library, Place of the Relevant Intermediary Approach, Proper law, Rome I Regulation, State law (United States), Status (law), Sweet & Maxwell, Title (property), Undue influence, UNIDROIT, United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, United States Department of State, University of Edinburgh, University of Nottingham, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, University of Sheffield.

A. V. Dicey

Albert Venn Dicey, KC, FBA (4 February 1835 – 7 April 1922), usually cited as A. V. Dicey, was a British jurist and constitutional theorist.

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American Law Institute

The American Law Institute (ALI) was established in 1923 to promote the clarification and simplification of United States common law and its adaptation to changing social needs.

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Arbitration

Arbitration, a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), is a way to resolve disputes outside the courts.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (República Argentina), is a federal republic located mostly in the southern half of South America.

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Capacity (law)

The capacity of natural and juridical persons (legal persons) in general, determines whether they may make binding amendments to their rights, duties and obligations, such as getting married or merging, entering into contracts, making gifts, or writing a valid will.

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Choice of law clause

A choice of law clause or proper law clause is a term of a contract in which the parties specify that any dispute arising under the contract shall be determined in accordance with the law of a particular jurisdiction.

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Conflict of contract laws

In the conflict of laws, the validity and effect of a contract with one or more foreign law elements will be decided by reference to the so-called "proper law" of the contract.

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Conflict of interest

A conflict of interest (COI) is a situation in which a person or organization is involved in multiple interests, financial or otherwise, and serving one interest could involve working against another.

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Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations 1980

The Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations 1980, or the "Rome Convention", is a measure in private international law or conflict of laws which creates a common choice of law system in contracts within the European Union.

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Defamation

Defamation, calumny, vilification, or traducement is the communication of a false statement that, depending on the law of the country, harms the reputation of an individual, business, product, group, government, religion, or nation.

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Dicey Morris & Collins

Dicey, Morris & Collins on the Conflict of Laws (often simply Dicey, Morris & Collins, or even just Dicey & Morris) is the leading English law textbook on the conflict of laws.

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Direct effect of European Union law

In European Union law, direct effect is the principle that Union law may, if appropriately framed, confer rights on individuals which the courts of member states of the European Union are bound to recognise and enforce.

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E-commerce

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet.

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Forum selection clause

A forum selection clause (sometimes called a dispute resolution clause, choice of court clause, jurisdiction clause or an arbitration clause, depending upon its form) in a contract with a conflict of laws element allows the parties to agree that any disputes relating to that contract will be resolved in a specific forum.

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Free will

Free will is the ability to choose between different possible courses of action unimpeded.

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Freedom of contract

Freedom of contract is the freedom of private or public individuals and groups (of any legal entity) to form nonviolent contracts without government restrictions.

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Habitual residence

In conflict of laws, habitual residence is the standard used to determine the law which should be applied to determine a given legal dispute.

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Hague Conference on Private International Law

The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) is an intergovernmental organisation in the area of private international law, that develops administers several international conventions, protocols and soft law instruments.

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Lex domicilii

The lex domicilii is the Latin term for "law of the domicile" in the conflict of laws.

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Lex fori

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Lex loci rei sitae

Lex loci rei sitae (Latin for "law of the place where the property is situated"), or simply lex situs, is the doctrine that the law governing the transfer of title to property is dependent upon and varies with the location of the property, for the purposes of the conflict of laws.

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Lex patriae

Lex patriae (Latin: law of the fatherland, in modern usage, nationality law), in conflict of laws, is the system of public law applied to a lawsuit if a choice is to be made between two or more laws that would change the outcome.

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List of Hague Conventions on Private International Law

This is a list of Conventions signed at The Hague by member states of the Hague Conference on Private International Law.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage).

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Max Planck Society

The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. V.; abbreviated MPG) is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes founded in 1911 as the Kaiser Wilhelm Society and renamed the Max Planck Society in 1948 in honor of its former president, theoretical physicist Max Planck.

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Microsoft Corp. v. Motorola Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

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Nationality

Nationality is a legal relationship between an individual person and a state.

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Peace Palace Library

The Peace Palace Library is a collection of studies and references specializing in international law.

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Place of the Relevant Intermediary Approach

The Place of the Relevant Intermediary Approach, or PRIMA, is a conflict of laws rule applied to the proprietary aspects of security transactions, especially collateral transactions.

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Proper law

The doctrine of the proper law is applied in the choice of law stage of a lawsuit involving the conflict of laws.

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Rome I Regulation

The Rome I Regulation (Regulation (EC) No of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations) is a regulation which governs the choice of law in the European Union.

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State law (United States)

In the United States, state law refers to the law of each separate U.S. state.

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Status (law)

Legal status is the position held by something or someone with regard to law.

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Sweet & Maxwell

Sweet & Maxwell is a British publisher specialising in legal publications.

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Title (property)

In property law, a title is a bundle of rights in a piece of property in which a party may own either a legal interest or equitable interest.

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Undue influence

In jurisprudence, undue influence is an equitable doctrine that involves one person taking advantage of a position of power over another person.

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UNIDROIT

UNIDROIT (formally, the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law; French: Institut international pour l'unification du droit privé) is an intergovernmental organization on harmonization of private international law; its projects include drafting of international conventions and production of model laws.

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United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods

The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG; the Vienna Convention) is a treaty that is a uniform international sales law.

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United States Department of State

The United States Department of State (DOS), often referred to as the State Department, is the United States federal executive department that advises the President and represents the country in international affairs and foreign policy issues.

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University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh (abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals), founded in 1582, is the sixth oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's ancient universities.

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University of Nottingham

The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, United Kingdom.

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University of Pittsburgh School of Law

The University of Pittsburgh School of Law (sometimes referred to as Pitt Law) was founded in 1895.

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University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University) is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_of_laws

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