American Conflicts Law
- L. L. McDougal, R. Felix, Ralph U. Whitten
- Law
- 2001
Contents: Background Domicile and Related Concepts Personal Jurisdiction: The Basic Principles Personal Jurisdiction: General Principles Personal Jurisdiction: Specific Situations Personal…
Choice of Law, Jurisdiction, and Judgment Issues in Interstate Adoption Cases
- Ralph U. Whitten
- Law
- 30 June 2010
The purpose of this article is to describe the choice-of-Iaw (or conflict-of-laws), jurisdiction, and judgments problems in "interstate" adoption cases. In the subject of conflict-of-Iaws, adoption…
Teaching Civil Procedure Using an Integrated Case-Text-And-Problem Method
- L. Teply, Ralph U. Whitten
- Education
- 28 November 2010
A text-case-note-problem method to teaching Civil Procedure to first-year law students is recommended, which explains each aspect of this method and the benefits of using this method instead of the traditional approach of sequentially reading cases.
Full Faith and Credit for Dummies
- Ralph U. Whitten
- Law
- 1 February 2005
This article discusses the history of the Full Faith and Credit Clause, the original meaning of the clause, and the courts’ evolving interpretation of the clause. Within this discussion, the author…
Bunny's tale: The influence of Anna Nicole Smith on the jurisdiction of United States Courts
- Ralph U. Whitten
- Law
- 2011
The Social Matrix of Legal Change@@@The Constitution and the Common Law: The Decline of Doctrines of Separation of Powers and Federalism.
- T. Freyer, R. Bridwell, Ralph U. Whitten
- Law
- 1 September 1979
The Original Understanding of the Full Faith and Credit Clause and the Defense of Marriage Act
- Ralph U. Whitten
- Law, Linguistics
- 28 November 2010
This article is about the Full Faith and Credit Clause how the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) affects the clause. The article reexamines the original understanding of the clause in the hope of…
A Bunny's Tale: The Impact of a Playboy Playmate on Federal Jurisdiction
- Ralph U. Whitten
- Law
- 5 January 2011
In this article, Professor Ralph Whitten tells you everything you always wanted to know (and then some) about Marshall v. Marshall, now pending in the United States Supreme Court. The article…
U.S. Conflict-of-Laws Doctrine and Forum Shopping, Domestic and International (Revisited)
- Ralph U. Whitten
- Business
- 28 November 2010
This article discusses Professor Friedrich Juenger’s contributions to the subject of conflict of laws and international forum shopping. The article describes Professor Juenger’s assessment of the…
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