Choice of Law

Symeon C. Symeonides is the Alex L. Parks Distinguished Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus at Willamette University School of Law, in Oregon. He is an award winning author and renowned expert in conflicts law, having published 26 books and more than 120 articles (in seven languages), including the widely popular annual survey of American choice-of-law cases for the last thirty years. Reviewers have called him "a conflicts giant," "the world's leading expert on comparative conflicts law," and "the father of codification," and his work "brilliant," "engrossing," "masterful," and "indispensable." His work received five scholarly prizes and has been cited by the supreme courts of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Israel (22 times).

• List of Tables List of Charts, Figures, and Maps Preface List of Abbreviations Chapter 1. Introduction Part I. The Federal FrameworkChapter 2. Federalism and Choice of Law Part II. History, Doctrine, and MethodologyChapter 3. Early Choice-of-Law Doctrine and the Traditional SystemChapter 4. The Structure of Choice-of-Law Rules and the Operation of the Choice-of-LawChapter 5. The Choice-of-Law Revolution: Theoretical GroundworkChapter 6: The Judicial Revolution in Torts and ContractsChapter 7. The Choice-of-Law Revolution Today: Methodological Pluralism Part III. Choice of Law in PracticeChapter 8. TortsChapter 9. Products LiabilityChapter 10. ContractsChapter 11. Forum Selection Clauses and Arbitration ClausesChapter 12. Insurance ConflictsChapter 13. Statutes of Limitation Chapter 14. Status and Domestic Relations Chapter 15. Property, Marital Property, and Successions Chapter 16. Conflicts between Federal Law and Foreign Law Part IV. ConclusionsChapter 17. The Next Step Appendix: List of choice-of-law codifications, EU regulations, and conventions Table of Cases Index