Policy and Pragmatism in the Conflict of Laws.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (247 pages)
- Routledge Revivals Series .
- Routledge Revivals Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Cases -- List of Statutes -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theory in Conflict of Laws -- 3 Contracts -- 4 Mandatory Rules and Statutory Interpretation -- 5 Market Torts and Concurrent Liability -- 6 Non-market Torts -- 7 Property -- 8 Jurisdiction and Procedure -- 9 Corporations as Subjects of Jurisdiction -- 10 Beyond the Nation State -- Bibliography -- Index.
This title was first published in 2001. Transcending the divide between the English pragmatic tradition and the circularity of American policy-based theory, Michael Whincop and Mary Keyes argue that the laws governing multistage conflicts can minimize the social costs of litigation, increase the extent of co-ordination, facilitate private ordering and limit regulatory monopolies and cross-border spillovers. Pragmatic in outlook and economic in methodology, they pursue these themes across a broad range of doctrinal issues and offer valuable links to parallel analyses in domestic contexts.