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Choice of Law in the American Courts in 1997

Choice of Law in the American Courts in 1997 SYMEON C. SYMEONIDES TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 234 PARTI . METHODOLOGY 1. Vermont Adopts the Restatement (Second) for Tort Conflicts 235 2. Michigan Reaffirms Adherence to the Lex Fori in Tort Conflicts 240 3. Kentucky's Lex Fori Approach is Not Applicable to Contract Conflicts 244 4. West Virginia a Step Closer to Abandoning the Lex Loci Delicti rule 245 5. Connecticut Affirms Adoption of the Restatement (Second) in Contract Conflicts 249 6. Kansas Sidesteps Another Opportunity to Abandon th e Lex Loci Contractus 251 7. "Better-Law" Decisions (New Hampshire's "Better" Law; Eclecticism in Rhode Island; Posner's Contribution in Wisconsin) 253 8. Movement in the Lower Courts (New Mexico; South Carolina) 260 9. The Methodological List 265 PART II. CONFLICTS BY SUBJECT-MATTER 1. TORTS 267 A. New York Tort Conflicts 267 B. Products Liability 269 C. Other Torts 271 2. STATUTES OF LIMITATION 272 3. CONTRACTS 273 A. Choice-of-Law Clauses 273 B. Contracts Without a Choice-of-Law Clause 276 4. INSURANCE 277 SYMEON C. SYMEONIDES is Judge Albert Tate Professor of Law, Louisiana State Uni­ versity Law Center. LL.B. (Priv. L.), LL.B. (Publ. L.), Aristotelian University of Thes- saloniki; LL.M., S.J.D. Harvard Law School. 233 234 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Comparative Law Oxford University Press

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© 1998 by The American Society of Comparative Law, Inc.
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SYMEON C. SYMEONIDES TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 234 PARTI . METHODOLOGY 1. Vermont Adopts the Restatement (Second) for Tort Conflicts 235 2. Michigan Reaffirms Adherence to the Lex Fori in Tort Conflicts 240 3. Kentucky's Lex Fori Approach is Not Applicable to Contract Conflicts 244 4. West Virginia a Step Closer to Abandoning the Lex Loci Delicti rule 245 5. Connecticut Affirms Adoption of the Restatement (Second) in Contract Conflicts 249 6. Kansas Sidesteps Another Opportunity to Abandon th e Lex Loci Contractus 251 7. "Better-Law" Decisions (New Hampshire's "Better" Law; Eclecticism in Rhode Island; Posner's Contribution in Wisconsin) 253 8. Movement in the Lower Courts (New Mexico; South Carolina) 260 9. The Methodological List 265 PART II. CONFLICTS BY SUBJECT-MATTER 1. TORTS 267 A. New York Tort Conflicts 267 B. Products Liability 269 C. Other Torts 271 2. STATUTES OF LIMITATION 272 3. CONTRACTS 273 A. Choice-of-Law Clauses 273 B. Contracts Without a Choice-of-Law Clause 276 4. INSURANCE 277 SYMEON C. SYMEONIDES is Judge Albert Tate Professor of Law, Louisiana State Uni­ versity Law Center. LL.B. (Priv. L.), LL.B. (Publ. L.), Aristotelian University of Thes- saloniki; LL.M., S.J.D. Harvard Law School. 233 234 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE

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