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Conflict of Laws (Roosevelt)

Fall 2024   LAW 617-001  

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Faculty
Kermit Roosevelt

Professor of Law

krooseve@law.upenn.edu
Additional Information

Skills Training
None

Grading
15% Participation,
85% Exam

Exam
Essay,
Take Home,
Open-Book

Satisfies Senior Writing Requirement

With Permission of Instructor

Location

Class meets in person.

Course Continuity
Students are encouraged to stay home if you are ill or experience flu-like symptoms. If you miss a class for any reason, it is still your responsibility to make up the work missed.

I offer the following to students who miss class due to illness:

- Class sessions are regularly recorded. I will make these recordings routinely available on the course site to everyone in the class.

Meeting Times/Location
TR 3:00PM - 4:20PM
Silverman Hall 240B

Category
Upper-Level

Credits
3.0

A study of the resolution of cases connected to more than one jurisdiction: when different jurisdictions (states or nations) have adopted different substantive rules of law, which should govern? Major topics will include the more significant historical approaches (vested rights and interest analysis); the Second Restatement; the role of the U.S. Constitution in interstate conflicts; international conflicts; and domestic relations. Attention will also be paid to the Third Restatement (currently in progress).

Course Concentrations

International and Comparative Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of international and comparative law, both substantively and procedurally; Perform legal analysis in the context of international and comparative law; Communicate effectively on topics related to international and comparative law; Demonstrate an understanding of the role of international and comparative law, and their interconnection with domestic law.

Courts and the Judicial System Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of both substantive and procedural issues in the operation of our legal system; Perform legal analysis in the context of procedural issues and the judicial process; Communicate effectively on topics related to procedure and the judicial process; Demonstrate an understanding of how procedural issues and the judicial process affect all other area of our legal system.


Textbooks

"Conflict of Laws: Cases, Comments, Questions" by Kay, Kramer, Roosevelt, Franklin
Edition: 11th
Publisher: West Academic
ISBN: 9781636594699
Required

"Conflict of Laws: Concepts and Insights" by Roosevelt
Edition: 3d 2022
Publisher: Foundation Press
ISBN: 1636590713
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