{"product_id":"american-private-international-law-symeon-symeonides-9789041127426","title":"American Private International Law","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis volume is an authoritative and complete yet compact presentation of private international lawand#8212;or and#8216;conflict of lawsand#8217;and#8212;in the United States of America. Its author is a and#8220;conflicts giantand#8221; (60 \u003ci\u003eStanford Law Review\u003c\/i\u003e 247 at 249 (2007)) and and#8220;the worldand#8217;s leading expert on comparative conflicts law today.and#8221; (M. Reimann, and#8220;Comparative Law and Private International Law, and#8221; in \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law \u003c\/i\u003e1363 at 1380 (2006)).Having studied and taught law in both Europe and the United States, the author is uniquely qualified to identify and explain in language understandable to readers outside the U.S. the American peculiarities of the subject. His three-decades experience in writing on thousands of American judicial decisions is particu-larly valuable in understanding and presenting the practical essentials of the subject to practitio-ners and academics alike. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e American courts encounter, at a rate of more than two thousand per year, conflicts among the laws of the fifty U.S. states (interstate conflicts) and between state or federal laws and those of foreign countries (international conflicts), thus making American conflicts law one of the richest and most complex in the world. This volume explains the differences between the two categories and presents the established and emerging jurisprudence in a concise and clear manner, while also providing an enlightening discussion of the multifaceted role of U.S. federalism, which is essential to the foreign readerand#8217;s understanding of American conflicts law. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Dr Symeonides has done a great service in collecting and organizing this scattered material into a coherent but non-technical and readily usable whole that offers all interested lawyers an easy-to-use but authoritative overview of the subject. The discussion includes: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e and#8226; the federal-state allocation of lawmaking and judicial powers; \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e and#8226; the constitutional limitations on state choice of law; \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e and#8226; the resolution of conflicts between federal and foreign law; \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e and#8226; judicial jurisdiction in interstate and international conflicts; \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e and#8226; recognition of sister-state and foreign-country judgments; \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e and#8226; the choice-of-law revolution and its aftermath; and \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e and#8226; choice of law in torts, products liability, contracts, status and domestic relations, property, marital property, successions, and statutes of limitation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Symeon Symeonides\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9041127429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789041127426\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kluwer Law International\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.48w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009 pg. 200\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Symeon Symeonides","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941302501631,"sku":"9789041127426","price":164.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b284b1c3-ee92-4ce9-aae8-63c16446e91a.jpg?v=1681452124","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-private-international-law-symeon-symeonides-9789041127426","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}