Conflict of Laws

Question 1

Escape devices from the 1st restatement’s jurisdiction bested rights approach – RADS

Answer 1

R- Renvoi to apply own law
A- Area of substantive law changed
D- Depecage so law applied issue-by-issue
S- Substance versus procedure rule applied

Question 2

“Interest Analysis” Policy Approach – CUT

Answer 2

C- Contact with the case
U- Unprovided-for or no-interest cases
T- True conflict

Question 3

Tort factors – CRIP

Answer 3

C- Conduct causing injury
R- Relationship among parties
I- Injury location
P- Parties location

Question 4

Contract factors – SOPP

Answer 4

S- Subject matter location
O- Offer-acceptance location
P- Parties location
P- Performance location