TY - BOOK AU - Whincop,Michael J. AU - Keyes,Mary AU - Posner,Richard TI - Policy and Pragmatism in the Conflict of Laws T2 - Routledge Revivals Series SN - 9781351787284 AV - KD680 .W456 2018 U1 - 340.9 PY - 2017/// CY - Oxford PB - Taylor & Francis Group KW - Conflict of laws-United States KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5265684 ER -