Guides: Casebooks, Study Aids & Guides for Law School Courses & Bar Exams: Conflict of Laws

Casebooks

Choice of Law: Cases and Materials for a Concise Course on Conflict of Laws by Aaron D. Twerski & Neil B. Cohen
Call Number: KF410 .T87 2022 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 2nd ed. (2022)

Written by BLS Profs. Aaron D. Twerski & Neil B. Cohen.

Focus: Transnational Litigation:

International Civil Litigation in United States Courts by Gary B. Born & Peter B. Rutledge
Call Number: KF8940.P75 B67 2022 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 7th ed. c2023

Includes a chapter on choice of law in international litigation.

Treatises & Hornbooks

Treatises:

Choice of Law (Oxford Commentaries on American Law) by Symeon C. Symeonides
Call Number: KF411 .S965 2016 (Main)

Publication Date: 2016

Focus: Transnational Litigation:

Litigation of International DIsputes in U.S. Courts (multi-volume treatise) by Ved P. Nanda & Bryan Neihart
Publication Date: 2nd ed. w/ July 2025 update

Includes Chapter 7A. Choice of Law. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - WESTLAW. Enter your Westlaw username/pasword.

Focus: CA Law:

Conflict of Laws by Stephen Pitel
Publication Date: 3rd ed. 2025

In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - EBC. ID and password required. Registration required for first-time use. 1 digital copy is available.
Excerpt from book's description: [P]resents a thoughtful explanation and analysis of the rules of the conflict of laws in force in common law Canada in a clear and concise manner....For the third edition, the chapters dealing with taking and exercising jurisdiction have been rewritten to reflect the recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions in Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melançon LLP v Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Douez v Facebook, Inc,and Haaretz.com v Goldhar. All chapters have been updated to reflect new decisions, legislative changes, and recent scholarship, and a new chapter on matrimonial property division has been added."

Focus: UK Law:

The Conflict of Laws by Adrian Briggs
Publication Date: 5th ed. 2024

In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - EBC. ID and password required. Registration required for first-time use. 1 digital copy is available.
Book's description states this treatise "provides an introduction and analysis of the rules of private international law as they apply in England, describing the topic's three distinct branches comprising the conflict of jurisdictions, the conflict of judgments, and the conflict of laws."
Dicey, Morris & Collins on the Conflict of Laws (multi-volume treatise) by General eds. Lord Collins of Mapesbury & Jonathan Harris
Publication Date: 16th ed. (2022) w/ a supplement - Westlaw scope note states: "Supplement law stated date: 01-09-2024"

Noted treatise on private international law. Publisher Sweet & Maxwell states this treatise "explains the rules, principles and practice that determine how the law of England & Wales relates to other legal systems." The 16th ed. includes a Companion vol. that discusses EU withdrawal transition matters. Available to BLS students, faculty & administrators in Westlaw UK. Click title above & enter your Westlaw username/password.

Hornbooks:

Conflict of Laws (Hornbook series) by Peter Hay, Patrick J. Borchers, Symeon Symeonides & Christopher A. Whytock
Call Number: KF411 .S284 2018 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 6th ed. [2018]
Principles of Conflict of Laws (Concise Hornbook series) by Clyde Spillenger
Call Number: KF412 .S68 2020 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 3rd ed. [2020]

Focus: Transnational Litigation:

International Litigation and Arbitration (Concise Hornbook series) by Ralph H. Folsom
Call Number: K7340 .F65 2025 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 4th ed. c2025

Includes discussion of choice of law/forum & forum non conveniens.

CALI Lessons

At present, CALI does not have a subject index or subject outline for Choice of Law or Conflict of Laws.

Bar Exam Study Aid

Note: There are not many up-to-date bar exam study aids that focus on conflict of laws.

Conflict of Laws: Governing Law (Law Essentials series) by Frank J. Addivinola
Call Number: KF411 .L39 2022 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 3rd ed. c2022

Restatements

Restatements of the Law are frequently cited secondary sources published by the American Law Institute (ALI). According to ALI's FAQs, Restatements are "primarily addressed to courts." A Restatement section generally includes: "black letter" law in bold text; a Comment (which includes illustrations); a Reporter's Note; & Case Citations (to decisions that cite to a Restatement section). For a more detailed description of Restatements, see this BLS Library LibGuide.

Restatement of the Law - Conflict of Laws by American Law Institute [issuing body]
Westlaw provides the First, Second & Third (Tentative Drafts Nos. 1-4) Restatements of Conflict of Laws. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - WESTLAW. Enter your Westlaw username/password.

For latest developments, see:

American Law Institute, Restatement of the Law Third, Conflict of Laws.

Additional Study Aids

Conflict of Laws (Examples & Explanations series) by Michael H. Hoffheimer
Call Number: KF412 .H64 2023 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 5th ed. 2023

Access through Aspen Learning Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - ASPEN.
1 print copy also is on Reserve.
Conflict of Laws (Concepts and Insights series) by Kermit Roosevelt III
Call Number: KF411 .R66 2022 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 3rd ed. [2022]
Conflicts in a Nutshell by Patrick J. Borchers
Call Number: KF412 .S5 2020 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 5th ed. c2020

BLS provides 1 digital copy (which circulates for 2 hours like a Reserve book) + 1 print copy on Reserve.

Focus: Transnational Litigation:

Transnational Litigation in a Nutshell by George A. Bermann, William S. Dodge & Donald Earl Childress III
Call Number: KF8940.P75 B47 2021 (Main)

Publication Date: 2nd ed. c2021

Includes a chapter on choice of law & the applicable law. BLS Library provides 1 digital copy (which circulates for 2 hours) + 1 print copy in the Main collection.