COURSE DESCRIPTION 2012 2013

Prof. Joseph W. Glannon, Prof. Gabriel H. Teninbaum,

3 credits day; 3 credits evening. Professor Glannon: The class style will be a mix of discussion and Socratic questioning. The course will differ from a traditional Conflicts course in that students will also write two practice-oriented writing assignments that provide an opportunity to think about conflicts problems as practitioners do and to refine legal writing skills.

The term "conflict of laws" refers to the interesting problems courts face when a dispute has connections to two or more states or countries, so that a court hearing the dispute must determine which body of substantive law to apply to the case. The course will introduce students to basic problems in conflict of laws, including traditional choice of law theory, modern approaches to choice of law, party autonomy in choosing the applicable law, constitutional constraints on choice of law, state/federal choice of law problems and full faith and credit to judgments. The course will teach the material partly through practice-oriented writing assignments that give students the opportunity to think about conflicts problems as practitioners do and to refine their legal writing skills. The basic course requirements will not satisfy the writing requirement, but a student may complete an additional assignment to do so. There will be a two hour exam, and part of the grade will be based on the writing assignments.

Enrollment is limited: 20

Elective Course

Meets Civil Litigation Concentration Requirements

Meets International Law Concentration Requirements

Final Exam Required

Constitutional Justice in School