Legal Research Guides by Course - Conflict of Laws
Course Description
This course is an examination of legal problems with multi-state or international aspects. Attention is given to newly developed theories of jurisdiction, recognition and effect of foreign judgments, and rules of decision applicable in conflict controversies. (3 credits)
Faculty Who Teach This Course
- Raymond F. Sekula (Professor of Law)
Subject Covered Presently in Collection by:
Print Collection
K7000-K7720 Private International Law - Conflict of Laws
KF410-KF418 Conflict of Laws
KFP87 Pennsylvania Conflict of Laws
Legal Research Databases
- Bloomberg Law
- Hein Online
- Legal Scholarship Network
- Lexis Advance
- Westlaw Next
Conflict of Law in General
- Conflict of Laws (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/Conflict_of_laws
- Understanding Conflict of Laws: Introduction 3d ed. (LexisNexis, 2002) - http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/study/understanding/pdf/ConflictsCh1.pdf
Other Libraries Conflict of Law Research Guides
- BYU Howard Hunter Law Library - http://lawlibguides.byu.edu/conflicts
- University of Iowa College of Law Library - http://libguides.law.uiowa.edu/conflictoflaws
Foreign Judgments
- Enforcing a Judgment across State Lines - http://www.ccaacollect.com/images/enforcing.pdf
- Foreign Confessed Judgments and Transferring Confessed Judgments (Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellot) - http://www.pbi.org/resources/extras/7573_judgment_11_2/pross.pdf
- Pennsylvania Judgment Enforcement (Judgment Enforcement Agency) - http://www.judgmentenforcementagency.net/Pennsylvania_Judgment_Enforcement.html
Blogs
- Conflict of Laws.net (law blog) - http://conflictoflaws.net/about/
DCLI Webpage Links
- Primary Legal Research: Case Law, Statutory Law, Administrative Law (contains quick links to our federal and state statutes, our federal and state administrative codes, and federal and state case law)
Course Listed Under the Following Law School Concentrations:
rev 3-14-2013
Patricia Horvath