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CONFLICT OF LAWS 2000
Professor Janet Walker, Room 230
Phone -736-5580, Email - jwalker@yorku.ca, Secretary -
Hazel Pollack, 33120
www.yorku.ca/faculty/academic/jwalker/Conflict_of_Laws/Description
January
Tuesday
12:30-2:20
Thursday 12:30-2:30
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Introduction |
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I - JURISDICTION
1. Taking Jurisdiction
(a) Presence
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Presence (con't)
(b) Submission
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Submission (con't)
(c) Real & Substantial Connection
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(d) Alternate Approaches
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2. Determining Appropriate Forum
(a) Stays, Injunctions and Negative Declarations
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(a) Stays, Injunctions and Negative Declarations (con’t) |
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(b) Multiplicity
(c) Exclusive Jurisdiction
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February
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II - FOREIGN JUDGMENTS
1. Conclusiveness
2. Requirements
(a) Enforceability (i) Jurisdiction
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(ii) Final and Conclusive Judgment
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(b) Foreign Public Law Exception
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Foreign Public Law Exception(con't)
(c) Impeachment
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Impeachment (con't)
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3. Alternate Approaches
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III - CHOICE OF LAW: GENERAL PRINCIPLES
1. Choice of Law Methodology
2. Proof of Foreign Law
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3. Characterization
4. Domicile
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6. Substance and Procedure
(a) General Principles
(b) Examples: Parties, Evidence, Remedies
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7. Foreign Public Law
8. The Incidental Question and the Time
Element
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IV-CHOICE OF LAW: AREAS OF LAW
1. Torts
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2. Contracts
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...Contracts cont’d
3. Property
(a) Immovables
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(b) Movables
4. Succession (a) Administration
(b) Succession
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5. Family Law
(a) Formal Validity
(b) Essential Validity
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(c) Divorce and Ancillary Relief
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April
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