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Symeon C. Symeonides

Symeon C. Symeonides

Alex L. Parks Distinguished Professor of Law; Dean Emeritus

  • S.J.D. Harvard University
  • LL.M. Harvard University
  • LL.B. (Public Law) Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki (Greece), summa cum laude
  • LL.B. (Private Law) Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki (Greece), summa cum laude

Faculty Profile

Contact information:

245 Winter St. SE, Salem, OR 97301

email: symeon@willamette.edu

LEGAL EDUCATION

  • LL.B. summa cum laude (Private Law) 1972, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki Law School (Greece).
  • LL.B. summa cum laude (Public Law & Pol. Sc.) 1973, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki Law School (Greece).
  • LL.M., 1974, Harvard University Law School.
  • S.J.D., 1980, Harvard University Law School.

HONORS

  • LL.B. 1972: Graduated first in the class of 1972 with a grade of 10.00 out of 10.00, the highest grade ever awarded in the history of the University of Thessaloniki Law School.
  • LL.B. 1973: Graduated first in the class of 1973 with a grade of 9.00 out of 10.00.
  • Four-year full scholarship by the National Scholarships Foundation of Greece (I.K.Y.) (1968-72).
  • Three-year full scholarship awarded by the Harvard Law School (1973-76).
  • Order of the Coif (honorary).
  • Phi Beta Kappa (honorary).
  • Judge Albert Tate Professorship Louisiana State University (1989-1999); Nominated for the Thomas B. Boyd Chair, the highest distinction in the LSU System (1999) (declined nomination to accept Willamette deanship).
  • Invited to deliver Lectures on Private International Law, Hague Academy of International Law (1998); Delivered lectures (2002).
  • Titular Member, International Academy of Comparative Law (since 2000); Associate Member (1994-2000).
  • Resolution of Appreciation, Association of American Law Schools Section on Conflict of Laws (1999) for “enormously influential” and “extraordinarily helpful” publications.
  • Honored in Conflict of Laws, Comparative Law and Civil Law: A Tribute to Symeon C. Symeonides, a collection of 26 articles by various authors published in 60 Louisiana Law Review 1035-1399 (2000).
  • Friedrich K. Juenger Prize in Private International Law awarded by the American Society of Comparative Law for article “Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2000: As the Century Turns,” 49 Am. J. Comp. L. 1-47 (2001).
  • Cited by United States Supreme Court (Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. 692 (2004)) and by the House of Lords (Lexington Insurance Co. v. AGF Insurance Ltd., (2009)UKHL 40).
  • Alex L. Parks Distinguished Chair in Law, Willamette University (2009).
  • Recipient of Key to the City, Lythrodontas, Cyprus (2009).

POSITIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • Honorary President, American Society of Comparative Law (2010-12); President (2006-2010); Vice President (2002-2006); Secretary (1994-2002).
  • President, Common Law Group, International Academy of Comparative Law (2010).
  • Vice President, International Association of Legal Science (since 2006).
  • Rapporteur General on Private International Law, 18th Quadrennial International Congress of Comparative Law, Washington, D.C. (2010); 15th Quadrennial International Congress of Comparative Law, Bristol, UK (1998).
  • U.S. National Reporter on Private International Law, 14th Quadrennial International Congress of Comparative Law, Athens (1994), and 17th Quadrennial International Congress of Comparative Law, Utrecht (2006).
  • Chair, Association of American Law Schools Section on Conflicts of Laws (1999).
  • Member, Groupe Européen de droit international privé (GEDIP) (since 2006).
  • Commissioner, Oregon Law Commission (since 1999).
  • Scholarly Consultant, Black’s Law Dictionary (8th ed., 2002).
  • Member, American Law Institute (since 1988).
  • Member, Executive Editorial Board, American Journal of Comparative Law.
  • Member, Board of Editors: Yearbook of Private International Law (Switzerland); Electronic Journal of Comparative Law (Netherlands); Revue Hellénique de droit européen (Greece).
  • Member, Board of Trustees, World Affairs Council, Portland, OR. (since 2005).
  • Member, Council of Louisiana State Law Institute (1995-99).
  • Member, Bartolus Society (since 1988).
  • Honorary Consul, Republic of Cyprus (1985-99).
  • Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee, University of Cyprus Law School (since 2003).
  • Chair, Advisory Board, University of Cyprus Law School (since 2003).

WORK IN LAW REFORM

  • Chairman and Reporter, Codification of Choice of Law for Torts, Oregon Law Commission (since 2001) (drafted choice-of-law codification for tort conflicts; enacted into law on Jan. 1, 2010).
  • Rapporteur and Chairman, Codification of Louisiana Conflicts Law, Louisiana State Law Institute (since 1984) (drafted comprehensive choice-of-law codification; enacted into law on Jan. 1, 1991).
  • Rapporteur, Codification of Puerto Rico Law of Private International Law, Puerto Rican Academy of Legislation and Jurisprudence (1987-91 (comprehensive draft codification of private international law, 1991).
  • Rapporteur and Chairman, Revision of the Law of Leases, Louisiana State Law Institute (1992-2005) (drafted Title on Leases of Louisiana Civil Code; enacted into law on Jan. 1, 2005).
  • Member, Louisiana State Law Institute committees on the revision of: the Preliminary Title of the Louisiana Civil Code; Law of Property; Law of Mandate; Law of Deposit; and Definitions.
  • Member, Advisory Committee on the Russian Civil Code, Central and Eastern European Law Initiative (CEELI), American Bar Association.
  • Member, Advisory Committee on the Estonian Civil Code, CEELI, A.B.A.
  • Consultant, Ministry of Justice, Republic of Tunisia (advising the Ministry on the drafting of a new Code of Private International Law).
  • Consultant, Commisión Conjunta Permanente para la Revisión y Reforma del Código Civil de Puerto Rico.
  • Member, American Law Institute, Consultative Groups on: Complex Litigation Project; Transnational Rules of Civil Procedure; Jurisdiction and Recognition of Judgments; and International Commercial Arbitration.

TEACHING POSITIONS

  • 1999 - present: Professor of Law, Willamette University College of Law.
  • 1984 - 1999: Professor of Law, Louisiana State University (LSU) Law Center.
  • 1981 - 1984: Associate Professor of Law (tenured), LSU Law Center.
  • 1978 - 1981: Assistant Professor of Law, LSU Law Center.
  • 1976 - 1978: Assistant Professor of Law, University of Thessaloniki Law School.
  • Visiting positions: Université Paris-I (Sorbonne) (2005, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08); Université Paris-V
    (René Descartes) (2002, ‘03, ‘04); Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (1997);
    Tulane University Law School (1985); Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans (1982).
    Summer teaching: Tulane (Thessaloniki, 1979, 1981-83); (Rhodos, 1993, 1995, 2004);
    (Spetses, 1994); LSU (Baton Rouge, 1984-91, 1997); (Aix-en-Provence, 1996, 1998); University
    of California, Davis (2000); Willamette-East China University of Politics and Law, Shanghai (2000).
    Lectures: Hague Academy of International Law; Universities of: Antwerp, Athens,
    Copenhagen, Cyprus, Duke, Fribourg, Georgia, Heidelberg, Munich, Oregon, Paris-I (Sorbonne),
    Paris-II (Panthéon-Assas), Stanford, Taipei, Temple, Thessaloniki, Tulane, Valencia, Wuhan,
    Utrecht, Vanderbilt, Washington, and Zürich; Max-Planck Institut für auslandisches und
    internationales Privatrecht (Hamburg); Institute suisse de droit comparé (Lausanne); Court of
    Justice of the European Communities (Luxembourg); European Parliament (Brussels); Institut
    Universitaire Européen (Florence).

Subjects Taught: Conflict of Laws, Civil Law System, Civil Law Property, Civil Procedure,

Comparative Law, Comparative Private International Law, International Litigation, International
Transactions, Comparative Constitutional Law, Dispute Resolution, Agency and Partnership,
Cypriot Law.

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS

  • Dean, Willamette University College of Law, since July 1, 1999.
  • Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Louisiana State University (LSU) Law Center, January 1994-June 1997 (responsible for Faculty and Student Affairs).
  • Vice Chancellor for Administration and Academic Affairs, LSU Law Center, December 1991-January 1994 (responsible for External Affairs, Budget, Personnel, Building, Faculty and Student Affairs).
  • Vice Chancellor for Administration, LSU Law Center, July 1991-December 1991 (responsible for External Affairs, Budget, Personnel, Building).
  • Director, Summer Program in Aix-en-Provence, LSU Law Center, 1991-1997.
  • Chairman, Graduate Program, LSU Law Center, 1981-1989.

PUBLICATIONS

A. BOOKS

  1. Recent Codifications of Private International Law (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, forthcoming 2011).
  2. Conflict of Laws (with Peter Hay & Patrick Borchers) (previously including Eugene Scoles), Thomson-West Hornbook Series (5th ed. 2010).
  3. American Private International Law, Kluwer Law International, The Hague (2008), earlier version published as Private International Law: USA in International Encyclopaedia of Laws, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (2008), reviewed by: Allessandra Zanobetti, 13 Uniform L. Rev. 1029 (2008).
  4. The American Choice-of-Law Revolution: Past, Present, and Future, The Hague Academy of International Law Monographs (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2006), expanded and revised edition of The American Choice-of-Law Revolution in the Courts: Today and Tomorrow, 298 Recueil des Cours 1-448 (Hague Academy of International Law, 2003). Reviewed by: Louise Weinberg, 103 Michigan L. Rev. 1631 (2005); Gene Shreve, 52 Am. J. Comp. L. 1003 (2004); Hillel Y. Levin, 60 Stanford Law Review 247 (2007); H. Patrick Glenn, 51 McGill L. J. 211 (2006); William M. Richman, 82 Tul. L. Rev. 2181 (2008); Ana Gramatikaki-Alexiou, Nomiko Vima (2008).
  5. Conflict of Laws: American, Comparative, International (with Wendy C. Perdue & Arthur T. von Mehren), Thomson-West, American Casebook Series (1st ed. 1998, 2nd ed. 2003).
  6. Law and Justice in a Multistate World: Essays in Honor of Arthur T. von Mehren(with James A.R. Nafziger, eds.) (Transnational Publishers, 2002).
  7. Welcoming the World: U.S. National Reports to the XVIIIth International Congress of Comparative Law (with John C. Reitz, eds. 2010).
  8. Convergence and Divergence in Private International Law – Liber Amicorum Kurt Siehr (with K. Boele-Woelki, T. Einhorn & D. Girsberger (eds.) (Eleven International Publishing, 2010).
  9. American Law in a Time of Global Interdependence: U.S. National Reports to the 16th International Congress of Comparative Law (with John C. Reitz (eds.),2002).
  10. Le droit international privé à la fin du vingtième siègle: Progrès ou recul? - Private International Law at the End of the 20th Century: Progress or Regress? (Kluwer Law International, 2000) (Chinese translation and review by Li Shuangyuan in 5 International and Comparative Law Review 369-456 (China, 2001); and translation by Song Xiao in 24 Chinese Civil & Commercial Law Review 362-467 (2002).
  11. Teacher’s Manual for Conflict of Laws: American, Comparative, International (with Wendy Perdue), West Publishing Co. (1998, 2nd ed. 2003).
  12. American Law at the End of the Twentieth Century: U.S. National Reports to the 15th International Congress of Comparative Law (with George A. Bermann, eds., 1998).
  13. Comparative Private International Law: Materials for the Comparative Study of American and European Approaches to Choice of Law in Torts and Contracts (Course-Book, 224 p., 4th ed. 1996, P.M. Hebert Publications Institute).
  14. American and Comparative Conflicts Law (Casebook, 426 p., P.M. Hebert Publications Institute, 1995).
  15. Louisiana and Comparative Conflicts Law, (Course-Book, 458 p., 4th ed. 1993, P.M. Hebert Publ. Inst.).
  16. An Introduction to the Louisiana Civil Law System (Course-Book, 627 p., 6th ed. 1991, P.M. Hebert Publ. Inst.).
  17. A Projet for the Codification of Puerto Rican Private International Law, 168 p. (P.R. Acad. Jurispr. Legisl. 1991).
  18. A Sourcebook for the Codification of Puerto Rican Private International Law, 264 p. (P.R. Acad. Jurispr. Legisl. 1991).
  19. Conflict of Laws: Louisiana Materials (Course-Book, 2nd ed. 1983, P.M. Hebert Publ. Institute).
  20. A Source-Book for the Revision of Louisiana Law of Conflict of Laws (Compilation, 328 p., 1984).
  21. An Outsider’s View of the American Approach to Choice of Law: Comparative Observations on Current American and Continental Conflicts Doctrine (Doctoral Thesis, Harvard Law School, 413 p., 1980).
  22. Συγκριτικο Δικαιο (Comparative Law) (with Dimitrios Evrigenis & Phocion Francescakis, Sakkoulas Publications, 593 p., 1978).
  23. Εισαγωγη στο Κυπριακο Δικαιο (Introduction to Cypriot Law), (University of Thessaloniki Press, 231 p., 1977).
  24. The Maxim Lex Loci Celebrationis in the Conflict of Laws of Marriage: A Comparative Study of American and Greek Law (LL.M. Thesis, Harvard Law
    School, 140 p., 1974).

B. ARTICLES IN LAW REVIEWS OR CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

  1. Codifying Choice of Law for Tort Conflicts: The Oregon Experience in Comparative Perspective, 12 Yearbook of Private International Law, _(forthcoming 2011)
  2. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2010: Twenty-Fourth Annual Survey, 59 American Journal of Comparative Law_(forthcoming 2011), available at SSRN:http://ssrn.com/abstract=1737558
  3. Party Autonomy in Rome I and II from a Comparative Perspective, in K. Boele-Woelki, T. Einhorn, D. Girsberger & S. Symeonides (eds), Convergence and Divergence in Private International Law – Liber Amicorum Kurt Siehr 513-550 (2010); also published in 28(2) Nederlands Internationaal Privaatrecht 191-205 (2010), available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1697372
  4. American Federalism and Private International Law, 62 Revue Hellénique de Droit International ( forthcoming 2010), available at SSRN:
    http://ssrn.com/abstract=1612949
  5. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2009: Twenty-Third Annual Survey, 58 American Journal of Comparative Law 227-306 (2010), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1529936
  6. Oregon's New Choice-of-Law Codification for Tort Conflicts: An Exegesis, 88 Oregon Law Review (963-1052)(2009), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1529501
  7. A New Conflicts Restatement: Why Not? 5 Journal of Private International Law 383-424 (2009), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1444618
  8. Choice of Law in Cross-Border Torts: Why Plaintiffs Win, and Should, 61 Hastings Law Journal 337-411 (2009); earlier, longer version available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1328191
  9. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2008: Twenty-Second Annual Survey, 57 American Journal of Comparative Law 269-329 (2009), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1322168; published in Spanish as Determinación del derecho applicable en los tribunales estadounidenses en 2008: Vigésimo segundo informe anual, in Tendencias y Relaciones Derecho Internacioanl Privado Americano Actual (D. Fernández Arroyo & N. González Martín, eds., 2010).
  10. The Conflicts Book of the Louisiana Civil Code: Civilian, American, or Original? 83 Tulane Law Review 1041-81 (2009), available at SSRN:
    http://ssrn.com/abstract=1343878
  11. The American Revolution and the European Evolution in Choice of Law: Reciprocal Lessons, 82 Tulane Law Review 1741-99 (2008), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1104284
  12. Result-Selectivism in Conflicts Law, 46 Willamette Law Review 1 (2009), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1133630
  13. Rome II and Tort Conflicts: A Missed Opportunity, 56 American Journal of Comparative Law 173-223 (2008), available at SSRN:http://ssrn.com/abstract=1031803
  14. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2007: Twenty-First Annual Survey, 56 American Journal of Comparative Law 243-319 (2008), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1079722
  15. Rome II: A Centrist Critique, 9 Yearbook of Private International Law 149-173 (2008).
  16. Party Autonomy and Private Law-Making in Private International Law: The Lex Mercatoria that Isn’t, in Festschrift für K.D. Kerameus (Kluwer-Sakkoulas Press, 2008), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=946007.
  17. Oregon’s Choice-of-Law Codification for Contract Conflicts: An Exegesis, 44 Willamette Law Review 205-252 (2007).
  18. The First Conflicts Restatement Through the Eyes of Old: As Bad as Its Reputation? 32 Southern Illinois University Law Journal 39-82 (2007), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=963267
  19. The Quest for the Optimum in Resolving Product-Liability Conflicts, in Justice in Particular: Festschrift in Honour of Professor P.J. Kozyris 431-469 (Kluwer-Sakkoulas Press 2007), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=946804
  20. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2006: Twentieth Annual Survey, 55 American Journal of Comparative Law 697-789 (2007), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=959856
  21. Cruising in American Waters: Spector, Maritime Conflicts, and Choice of Law, 37 Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 491-519 (2006), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=903430
  22. Contracts Subject to Non-State Norms: United States National Report to the 17th Congress of Comparative Law, 54 American Journal of Comparative Law 209-231 (2006 Supp.).
  23. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2005: Nineteenth Annual Survey, 53 American Journal of Comparative Law 559-652 (2005).
  24. Accommodative Unilateralism as a Starting Premise in Choice of Law, in Balancing of Interests: Liber Amicorum Peter Hay 417-434 (Verlag Recht und Wirtschaft GmbH, 2005), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=903473
  25. A Choice-of-Law Rule for Conflicts Involving Stolen Cultural Property, 38 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 1177-1198 (2005)
  26. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2004: Eighteenth Annual Survey, 53 American Journal of Comparative Law 201-276 (2005).
  27. Of Teleology, State Interests, and Pluralism in Choice of Law: In Loving Memory of Friedrich K. Juenger, in Friedrich K. Juenger, Choice of Law and Multistate Justice xxxiii-xlii (Special ed., Transnational Publishers 2005).
  28. Choice of Law for Products Liability: The 1990s and Beyond, 78 Tulane Law Review 1247-1349 (2004), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1167942.
  29. Tort Conflicts and Rome II: A View from Across, in Festschrift für Erik Jayme935-954 (Sellier European L. Pubs. 2004).
  30. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2003: Seventeenth Annual Survey, 52 American Journal of Comparative Law 1-76 (2004).
  31. Party Choice in Product-Liability Conflicts, 12 Willamette J. Int’l L. & Dispute Resolution 263-286 (2004).
  32. Territoriality and Personality in Tort Conflicts, in Intercontinental Cooperation Through Private International Law: Essays in Memory of Peter Nygh (T. Einhorn & K. Siehr, eds) 401-433 (Asser Press 2004) (characterized as “a paper of tremendous interest and value, . . . an astonishing feat” by Adrian Briggs in 121 L. Quart. Rev. 511 (2005)).
  33. Resolving Punitive-Damages Conflicts, 5 Yearbook of Private International Law 1-34 (2003).
  34. Codifying Choice of Law for Contracts: The Oregon Experience, 67 Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht 726-751 (2003).
  35. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2002: Sixteenth Annual Survey, 51 American Journal of Comparative Law 1-88 (2003), cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. 692 (2004) in both the majority and concurring opinions. Chinese translation by Kong Lingjie & Wang Li in 2004 Chinese Yearbook of Private International Law & Comparative Law 513-615 (2004).
  36. The Mixed Legal System of the Republic of Cyprus, 78 Tulane Law Review 441 (2003).
  37. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2001: Fifteenth Annual Survey, 50 American Journal of Comparative Law 1-95 (2002). Chinese translation by Kong Lingjie & Wang Li in 2003 Chinese Yearbook of Private International Law & Comparative Law, 465-567 (2003).
  38. Codifying Choice of Law for Contracts: The Puerto Rico Projet, in Law and Justice in a Multistate World: Essays in Honor of Arthur T. von Mehren, 419-437 (J. Nafziger, & S. Symeonides, eds.) (Transnational Pubs. 2002).
  39. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2000: As the Century Turns, 49 American Journal of Comparative Law 1-47 (2001) (Excerpted in Robert C. Casad, Jurisdiction and Forum Selection (2000 Supp.)).
  40. Private International Law at the End of the 20th Century: Progress or Regress, in J.W. Bridge (ed.) Comparative Law Facing the 21st Century 331-403 (2001).
  41. American Choice of Law at the Dawn of the 21st Century, 37 Willamette Law Review 1-87 (2001)
  42. On the Side of the Angels: Choice of Law and Stolen Cultural Property, in Private Law in the International Arena–Liber Amicorum Kurt Siehr (J. Basedow, e.o., eds.) 747-61 (Asser Press 2000).
  43. Material Justice and Conflicts Justice in Choice of Law, in International Conflict of Laws for the Third Millennium: Essays in Honor of Friedrich K. Juenger (P.Borchers & J. Zekoll, eds.) 125-40 (Transnational Publishers 2000).
  44. The Need for a Third Conflicts Restatement (And a Proposal for Tort Conflicts), 75 Indiana Law Journal 437-474 (2000).
  45. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 1999: One More Year, 48 American Journal of Comparative Law 143-180 (2000) (Excerpted in Robert C. Casad, Jurisdiction and Forum Selection (1999 Supp.)).
  46. Mandate, Agency, and Representation: A Kommentar (with Wendell H. Holmes), 73 Tulane Law Review 1087-1159 (1999).
  47. Covenant Marriage and the Conflict of Laws (with Katherine S. Spaht), 32 Creighton Law Review 1085-1120 (1999).
  48. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 1998: Twelfth Annual Survey, 47 American Journal of Comparative Law, 327-92 (1999) (Excerpted in Robert C. Casad, Jurisdiction and Forum Selection (1998 Supp.)).
  49. The Louisiana Judge: Judge, Statesman, Politician, in Louisiana: Microcosm of a Mixed Jurisdiction 89-104 (Vernon Palmer, ed., Carolina Academic Press, 1999).
  50. Historical Evolution and Diversity of Cypriot Law (chapter in a book on the law of Cyprus, Institut Universitaire Européen, Florence, 1999).
  51. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 1997, 46 American Journal of Comparative Law 233-285 (1998).
  52. The Judicial Acceptance of the Second Conflicts Restatement: A Mixed Blessing, 56 Maryland Law Review 1246-83 (1997).
  53. Resolving Six Celebrated Conflicts Cases Through Statutory Choice-of-Law Rules, 48 Mercer Law Review 837-69 (1997).
  54. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 1996: Tenth Annual Survey, 45 American Journal of Comparative Law 447-503 (1997).
  55. An Introduction to “The Romanist Tradition in Louisiana”: One Day in the Life of Louisiana Law, 56 Louisiana Law Review 249 (1995).
  56. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 1995: A Year in Review,44 American Journal of Comparative Law 181-241 (1996), (Excerpted in Gene R. Shreve, A Conflict-of-Laws Anthology (1997) and in Robert C. Casad, Jurisdiction and Forum Selection (1996 Supp.)).
  57. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 1994: A View “From the Trenches,” 43 American Journal of Comparative Law 1-92 (1995).
  58. Les Clauses d’Exception en matière de Conflits de Lois–Etats-Unis, in Les Clauses d’Exception en matière de Conflits de Lois et de Conflits de Juridiction–ou Le principe de proximité (Kokkini-Iatridou, ed.) 77-195 (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1994). Also published as “Exception Clauses in American Conflicts Law,” 42 American Journal of Comparative Law 813-865 (1994) (U.S. National Report to the XIVth International Congress of Comparative Law (1994), (Excerpted in Gene R. Shreve, A Conflict-of-Laws Anthology (1997)).57. The ALI’s Complex Litigation Project: Commencing the National Debate, 54 Louisiana Law Review 843-879 (1994).
  59. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 1993 (and in the Six Previous Years), 42 American J. of Comparative Law 559-653 (1994) (Excerpted in Robert C. Casad, Jurisdiction and Forum Selection (1995 Supp.)).
  60. Συγχρονπ Κωδικοποιητικη Τεχνικπ στο Ιδιωτικο ΔιεΘνες Δικαιο (Modern Codification Techniques in Private International Law), 14 Revue hellénique de droit européen 951-984 (1994).
  61. Louisiana Conflicts Law: Two “Surprises,” 54 Louisiana Law Review 497-549 (1994).
  62. The New Law of Co-Ownership: A Kommentar (with Nicole D. Martin) 68 Tulane Law Review 69-160 (1993).
  63. La nuova normativa della Louisiana sul diritto internazionale privato in tema di responsabilità extracontrattuale, 29 Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale 43-68 (1993).
  64. Private International Law Codification in a Mixed Jurisdiction: The Louisiana Experience, 57 Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales
    Privatrecht, 460-516 (1993).
  65. Louisiana’s New Law of Choice of Law for Tort Conflicts: An Exegesis, 66 Tulane Law Review 677-770 (1992) (selected for “Worth Reading” List, National Law Journal, 9/24/92).
  66. Les grands problèmes de droit international privé et la nouvelle codification de Louisiane, 81 Revue critique de droit international privé 223-281 (1992).
  67. Ruminations on Real Actions, 51 Louisiana Law Review 493-522 (1991).
  68. Problems and Dilemmas in Codifying Choice of Law for Torts: The Louisiana Experience in a Comparative Perspective, 38 American Journal of Comparative Law 431-73 (1990).
  69. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 1989: An Overview (with J.P. Kozyris), 38 American Journal of Comparative Law 601-51 (1990).
  70. Revising Puerto Rico’s Conflicts Law: A Preview, 28 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, 413 (1990).
  71. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 1988, 37 American Journal of Comparative Law 1001-1039 (1989).
  72. The Swiss Conflicts Codification: An Introduction, 37 American Journal of Comparative Law 187 (1989).
  73. Swiss Federal Statute on Private International Law of December 18, 1987: An English Translation (with J. Cornu & S. Hankins) 37 American Journal of Comparative Law 193-246 (1989).
  74. The General Principles of the [Greek] Civil Law, in K. Kerameus & J.P. Kozyris (eds), Introduction to Greek Law (Kluwer Publ. Co., 1988) (2d ed. 1993) (3rd ed2007).
  75. Exploring the “Dismal Swamp:” The Revision of Louisiana’s Conflicts Law on Successions, 47 Louisiana Law Review 1029-1104 (1987).
  76. Louisiana Conflicts Jurisprudence: An Introduction, 47 Louisiana Law Review 1105-1108 (1987).
  77. Louisiana’s Draft on Successions and Marital Property, 35American Journal of Comparative Law 259-293 (1987).
  78. Developments in the Law, 1985-86: Property, 47Louisiana Law Review 429-52 (1987).
  79. In Search of New Choice-of-Law Solutions to Some Marital Property Problems of Migrant Spouses: A Response to the Critics, 13 (3) Community Property Journal 11-31 (1986).
  80. Developments in the Law, 1984-85: Property, 46 Louisiana Law Review 655-93 (1986).
  81. Revolution and Counter-Revolution in American Conflicts Law: Is There a Middle Ground? 46 Ohio State Law Journal 549-568 (1985).
  82. Marginal Notes to the New Law of Possession and Acquisitive Prescription, 30th Annual Institute of Mineral Law 126-245 (1984).
  83. Developments in the Law, 1983-84: Property, 45 Louisiana Law Review 541-57 (1984).
  84. Developments in the Law, 1982-83: Property, 44 Louisiana Law Review 505-33 (1983).
  85. One Hundred Footnotes to the New Law of Possession and Acquisitive Prescription, 44 Louisiana Law Review 69-108 (1983).
  86. Maritime Conflicts of Law from the Perspective of Modern Choice of Law Methodology, 7 Maritime Lawyer 223-64 (1982).
  87. Zypern in Internationales Ehe–und Kindschaftsrecht (with Erik Jayme) (Bergmann & Ferid eds.) Gmb H and Co. K.G. Frankfurt (93 p.) (1979).

C. SHORTER PIECES

  1. Conflict of Laws, in Oxford Companion to American Law (Oxford University Press, 2001).
  2. On Deaning, Writing, and Roses, 33 University of Toledo Law Review 217 (2001).
  3. Conflict of Laws in International Encyclopedia of Social & Behavioral Sciences (Kluwer 2001).
  4. In Memoriam Friedrich K. Juenger, 35 University of California-Davis Law Review 249 (2002).
  5. The Fiftieth Anniversary Meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law, 10 Willamette J. Int’l L. & Dispute Resolution 1-6 (2002).6. Foreword to Friedrich K. Juenger, Choice of Law and Multistate Justice, ix-x (Special ed. 2005).
  6. Arthur Taylor von Mehren: A Gentle Giant, 53 American Journal of Comparative Law 531-542 (2006).
  7. In Memoriam: Arthur Taylor von Mehren, 119 Harvard Law Review 1962-67 (2006).
  8. Arthur Taylor von Mehren: A Career of Unassuming Excellence, in Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 261 (2007).
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