Conflict of Laws Outline

A condensed review built around the exam-analysis approach: for each topic, learn the rule, then the cue for how to attack it on an essay. Verify current law and your jurisdiction's exam blueprint before relying on any point.

Master Outline Add-On: Conflict of Laws

• Approaches. Courts may use traditional territorial rules, the most-significant-relationship test, or governmental-interest analysis. Exam cue: Use the methodology the question supplies.
• Torts and contracts. Traditional tort analysis looks to the place of injury; modern approaches weigh contacts and policies. Contractual choice-of-law clauses have limits. Exam cue: Do not default to forum law.
• Property and succession. Real property issues usually follow the law of the situs;