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Résumé SYMEON C. SYMEONIDES

Dean Emeritus and Alex L. Parks Distinguished Chair in Law Willamette University College of Law

Salem, Oregon, USA

CONTACTS

Office Address: 245 Winter Street SE, Salem, Oregon 97301, USA; Phone: (503) 370-6779, 370-6046, Fax: (503) 370-6998, E-mail: [email protected]; SSRN au-thor’s page at http://ssrn.com/author=109467

LAW DEGREES

LL.B. summa cum laude (Private Law), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Law School (Greece), 1972.

LL.B. summa cum laude (Public Law & Pol. Sc.), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Law School (Greece), 1973.

LL.M., Harvard University Law School, 1974.

S.J.D., Harvard University Law School, 1980.

LL.D. honoris causa, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), 2012.

Ph.D. honoris causa in Social and Pedagogical Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2014.

LL.D. honoris causa, Willamette University, 2016.

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 merit 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).

Phi Beta Kappa (honorary).

Order of the Coif (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) (de-clined nomination to accept Willamette deanship).

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” publica-tions.

Honored in Conflict of Laws, Comparative Law and Civil Law: A Tribute to Symeon

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SYMEONIDES, RÉSUMÉ

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C. Symeonides, a collection of articles by 26 authors published in 60 Louisiana Law Review 1035-1399 (2000).

Friedrich K. Juenger Prize in Private International Law awarded by the American So-ciety of Comparative Law for the article “Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2000: As the Century Turns,” 49 Am. J. Comp. L. 1-47 (2001).

Cited by: the United States Supreme Court (twice, Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. 692 (2004)); the House of Lords (once, Lexington Insurance Co. v. AGF Insurance Ltd., (2009) UKHL 40; and the Supreme Court of Israel (22 times, Yuviner v. Skalar, CA 3299/06 and Yuviner v. Skalar 09046550/09).

Chosen to teach a “special course” on Private International Law at The Hague Acad-emy of International Law (2002), and the “general course” (2016); One of only six Americans chosen for the “general course,” since the Academy’s founding in 1923.

Alex L. Parks Distinguished Chair in Law, Willamette University (2009).

Recipient of Key to the City, Lythrodontas, Cyprus (2009).

Honored by the Asociación Americana de Derecho Internacional Privado (ASADIP) “as a tribute to his outstanding career and his exceptional contribution to the ad-vancement of private international law” (2010).

Honored by Academia Mexicana de Derecho Privado y Comparado (AMEDIP) by naming its 34th national congress “en honor del Dr. Symeon Symeonides,” Puebla, Mexico (2011).

Robert L. Misner Award for Excellence in Faculty Scholarship, Willamette University (2012).

LL.D. honoris causa, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2012).

Courtland H. Peterson Senior Scholar Prize, awarded by the American Society of Comparative Law for “the best scholarly article published in a recent volume of the American Journal of Comparative Law” (2013).

Associate Member, Institut de Droit International (elected 2013).

Ph.D. honoris causa in Social and Pedagogical Sciences, University of Cyprus (2014).

“Certificate of Merit” awarded by the American Society of International Law for the book Codifying Choice of Law Around the World: An International Comparative Anal-ysis (Oxford UP, 2014) (2015).

Life Time Achievement Award, American Society of Comparative Law (2015).

LL.D. honoris causa, Willamette University (2016).

Robert L. Misner Award for Excellence in Faculty Scholarship, Willamette University (2016).

Elected Foreign Correspondent Member (for the USA) of the Venezuelan Academy


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of Political and Social Sciences (2017).

Elected “Honorary Professor,” East China University of Politics and Law, Shanghai, China (2017).

Honored by the Association of American Law Schools Section on Conflict of Laws for my 30-year service in publishing the annual survey of choice-of-law cases (2018).

Ranked 211th among legal authors of all time by HeinOnline and 250th among 3,017 legal authors by SSRN.

POSITIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

President, International Association of Legal Science (2013-17), Vice President (2006-2013).

Honorary President, American Society of Comparative Law (2010-12); President (2006-2010); Vice President (2002-2006); Secretary (1994-2002).

Former president, Common Law Group, International Academy of Comparative Law (2010-2012).

Chair, Association of American Law Schools Section on Conflicts of Laws (1999 and 2014).

Member, Groupe Européen de droit international privé (GEDIP) (2006-2015); Life member (since 2015).

Honorary member, Asociación Americana de Derecho Internacional Privado (ASADIP) (since 2010).

General Editor, Private International Law Series, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. (since 2012).

Member, Executive Editorial Board, American Journal of Comparative Law (since 2007).

Member, Board of Editors: Yearbook of Private International Law (Switzerland); Eu-ropean Journal of Comparative Law and Governance (Netherlands); Electronic Jour-nal of Comparative Law (Netherlands); International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies (Switzerland); Revue Hellénique de droit européen (Greece); Journal of Comparative Jurisprudence (Ukraine); Foreign correspondent member: Revue Critique de droit International Privé (France).

Co-Rapporteur (with Erik Jayme), “L’atteinte à la vie privée et le droit international privé: Problèmes de conflit de loi et de juridictions,” Institut de droit international (since 2015).

Rapporteur General on Private International Law, 18th Quadrennial International


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Congress of Comparative Law, Washington, D.C. (2010); 15th Quadrennial Interna-tional 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).

Academic Contributor, Black’s Law Dictionary (8th ed., 2002–-10th ed., 2014).

Commissioner, Oregon Law Commission (1999-2014).

Member, American Law Institute (1987-2012); Life member (since 2012).

Fellow, European Law Institute (since 2012).

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).

Associate Member, Institut de Droit International (since 2013).

WORK IN LAW REFORM

(1) EUROPEAN UNION (2012)

• Chair, EU Council’s Working Parties on:

• The recast of the Brussels I Regulation on Jurisdiction and Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters;

• Regulation on a European Account Preservation Order;

• Regulation on a Common European Sales Law; and

• General Questions (Civil Law).

• Vice Chair, EU Council’s Working Parties on:

• Regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition and enforce-ment of decisions in matters of matrimonial property regimes; and

• Regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition and enforce-ment of decisions regarding the property consequences of registered part-nerships.

(2) THE HAGUE CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW (2012 to present)


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• Represented the EU Council at Special Commission on The Hague Principles on Choice of Law for International Contracts (2012).

• Member, “Experts Group” drafting official Commentary on The Hague Princi-ples on Choice of Law for International Contracts (2013-14); Member, editorial committee for Commentary (2014-15).

• Member, EU team negotiating a convention on jurisdiction and recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments (since 2013).

• Member, “Experts Group” drafting preliminary text of above convention (since 2013).

(3) UNITED STATES

• Adviser, Restatement (Third) of Conflict of Laws, American Law Institute (since 2015).

• Member, U.S. Department of State, Advisory Committee on Private Interna-tional Law (since 2012).

• Member, American Law Institute, Consultative Groups on: Complex Litigation Project; Transnational Rules of Civil Procedure; Jurisdiction and Recognition of Judgments; and International Commercial Arbitration.

(4) OREGON

• 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).

(5) LOUISIANA

• Rapporteur and Chairman, Codification of Louisiana Conflicts Law, Louisiana State Law Institute (since 1984) (drafted comprehensive choice-of-law codifi-cation; enacted into law on Jan. 1, 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 Pre-liminary Title of the Louisiana Civil Code; Law of Property; Law of Mandate; Law of Deposit; and Definitions.

(6) PUERTO RICO

• Rapporteur, Codification of Puerto Rico Law of Private International Law, Puerto Rican Academy of Legislation and Jurisprudence (1987-91) (comprehen-sive draft codification of private international law, 1991).

• Consultant, Commisión Conjunta Permanente para la Revisión y Reforma del


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Código Civil de Puerto Rico.

(7) INSTITUT DE DROIT INTERNATIONAL

• Co-rapporteur, Project on Invasion of Privacy through the Internet: Jurisdiction, Choice of Law, and Recognition of Foreign Judgments

(8) OTHER

• Supervisor, Asian Principles of Private International Law (for China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vi-etnam) Research Center of International Transaction and Law, Doshisha Uni-versity, Japan.

• Adviser, Draft Guide to International Contracts in the Americas, Organization of American States.

• 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) (1998).

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: New York University Law School (2016); Université Paris-I (Sor-bonne) (2005, ’06, ’07, ’08, ’18); Université Paris-V (René Descartes) (2002, ’03, ’04); Uni-versité 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); Uni-versity of California, Davis (2000); Willamette-East China University of Politics and Law, Shanghai (2000); Loyola (Spetses, 2018).

Subjects Taught: Conflict of Laws, Civil Law System, Civil Law Property, Civil Proce-dure, Comparative Law, Comparative Private International Law, International Litiga-tion & Arbitration, International Transactions, Comparative Constitutional Law, Dis-pute Resolution, Agency and Partnership, Cypriot Law.


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LECTURES AND SEMINARS:

Argentina (Buenos Aires); Australia (Brisbane); Belgium (Antwerp, Louvain-la-Neuve, European Parliament); China (Beijing (CFAU), Nanjing, Shanghai (ECUPL), Tsinghua, Wuhan (2)); Colombia (Asociación Americana de Derecho Internacional Privado); Cyprus (U. of Cyprus (2)); Denmark (Copenhagen (CBS); England (Bris-tol); France (Paris-I (Sorbonne), Paris-II (Panthéon-Assas), Paris V, Science Po); Germany: Heidelberg, Munich, Max Planck Institut für auslandisches und interna-tionales Privatrecht (2) (Hamburg); Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology (Halle)); Greece (Athens, Thessaloniki (3)); Japan (Doshisha, Kyoto, Ritsumeikan); India (Delhi National L.U.), Hyderabad (NALSAR)); Italy (Trieste, Turin, Institut Universitaire Européen (Florence)); Luxemburg (Court of Justice of the European Communities); Mexico (Mexico City (UNAM), Puebla, Academia Mexicana de Derecho Privado y Comparado; Asociación Americana de Derecho Internacional Privado); Netherlands (Maastricht, Utrecht, The Hague Academy of International Law); Norway (Oslo) Russia (St. Petersburg, Russian Academy of Legal Science); Scotland (Aberdeen, Edinburgh); Spain (Valencia); Switzerland (Fribourg, Lau-zanne, Zurich, Institute suisse de droit comparé (2); Taiwan (Taipei (National)); United States (Arkansas (Little Rock), Brooklyn, California-Davis, Duke (2), Emory, George Washington, Georgetown, Georgia, Harvard, LSU, Loyola, Memphis, N.Y.U., Oregon, Roger Williams, Stanford, Temple, Tulane (3), UNLV, Vanderbilt, Wash-ington); Uruguay (Catolica).

Endowed Lectures: Eason-Weinman Lecture, Tulane University (2003); David J. Bederman Lecture, Emory University (2016); Judge Robert A. Ainsworth Memorial Lecture, Loyola University (2018); The Private Law Lecture, Maastricht University (2018).

AALS annual meetings in: 1987 (New Orleans), 1990 (San Francisco), 2000 (Wash-ington D.C.), 2004 (Atlanta), 2006 (Washington D.C.), 2007 (Washington D.C.), 2009 (San Diego), 2010 (New Orleans), 2015 (Washington D.C.), 2016 (New York), 2018 (San Diego).

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS

Dean, Willamette University College of Law (1999-2011).

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, Decem-ber 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 (re-sponsible for external affairs, budget, personnel, building).


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Director, Summer Program in Aix-en-Provence, LSU Law Center, 1991-1997.

Founder and Chair, Graduate Program, LSU Law Center, 1981-1989.

PUBLICATIONS

A. BOOKS

1. Choice of Law in the American Courts (2011-2015) (Chinese translation by Prof. Tao Du, Law Press China 2018

2. Private International Law: Idealism, Pragmatism, Eclecticism (The Hague Acad-emy of International Law, 2017).

3. Oxford Commentaries on American Law: Choice of Law (Oxford University Press, 2016).

4. Private International Law: United States of America (International Encyclopae-dia of Laws, Kluwer Law International 2015).

5. Codifying Choice of Law Around the World: An International Comparative Anal-ysis (Oxford University Press 2014);1 Paperback edition (2017).

6. Conflict of Laws: American, Comparative, International (with Wendy C. Perdue) (previously including Arthur T. von Mehren), West Academic, American Case-book Series (1st ed. 1998, 2nd ed. 2003, 3rd ed. 2012, 4th ed. 2019) (with Teacher’s Manual).

7. Conflict of Laws (with Peter Hay, Patrick Borchers & Christopher A. Whytock) West Hornbook Series (6th ed. 2018).

8. American Private International Law, Kluwer Law International (2008).2

9. The American Choice-of-Law Revolution: Past, Present, and Future, The Hague Academy of International Law Monographs (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2006).3

1. Awarded a Certificate of Merit by the American Society of International Law (2015). Characterized as “masterful,” “indispensable,” and “comparative on a grand scale.” Reviewed by Mathias Reimann, 63 Am. J. Comp. L. 801 (2015); Ole Lando, 52 Common Mkt. L. Rev. 1158 (2015); Horatia Muir Watt, Rev. critique dr. int’l priv. 749 (2014); F.R. van der Mensbrugghe, Rev. dr. int’l & dr. comp. 455 (2015); and Gralf-Peter Calliess, 81 Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht 438 (2017).

2. Reviewed by: Allessandra Zanobetti, 13 Uniform L. Rev. 1029 (2008); Talia Einhorn, 74 RabelsZ 895 (2010).

3. Expanded and revised edition of The American Choice-of-Law Revolution in the Courts: Today and To-morrow, 298 Recueil des Cours 1-448 (Hague Academy of International Law, 2003). One of only ten vol-umes (out of more than 300) selected for inclusion in The Hague Academy Monographs series. Cited by the House of Lords in Lexington Insurance Co. v. AGF Insurance Ltd., (2009) UKHL 40, and by the Su-preme Court of Israel in Yuviner v. Skalar, CA 3299/06, and Yuviner v. Skalar 09046550/09). Reviewed by: Louise Weinberg, 103 Michigan L. Rev. 1631 (2005); Gene Shreve, 52 Am. J. Comp. L. 1003 (2004); Hillel Y. Levin, 60 Stanford L. Rev. 247 (2007); H. Patrick Glenn, 51 McGill L. J. 211 (2006); William M. Richman, 82


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10. Le droit international privé à la fin du vingtième siègle: Progrès ou recul? -- Pri-vate International Law at the End of the 20th Century: Progress or Regress? (Kluwer Law International, 2000).4

11. Convergence and Divergence in Private International Law – Liber Amicorum Kurt Siehr (with K. Boele-Woelki, T. Einhorn & D. Girsberger (eds.) (Eleven International Publishing, 2010).

12. Law and Justice in a Multistate World: Essays in Honor of Arthur T. von Mehren (with James A.R. Nafziger, eds.) (Transnational Publishers, 2002).

13. Welcoming the World: U.S. National Reports to the XVIIIth International Con-gress of Comparative Law (with John C. Reitz, eds. 2010).

14. 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).

15. 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).

16. 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).

17. American and Comparative Conflicts Law (Casebook, 426 p., P.M. Hebert Pub-lications Institute, 1995).

18. Louisiana and Comparative Conflicts Law, (Course-Book, 458 p., 4th ed. 1993, P.M. Hebert Publ. Inst.).

19. An Introduction to the Louisiana Civil Law System (Course-Book, 627 p., 6th ed. 1991, P.M. Hebert Publ. Inst.).

20. A Projet for the Codification of Puerto Rican Private International Law, 168 p. (P.R. Acad. Jurispr. Legisl. 1991).

21. A Sourcebook for the Codification of Puerto Rican Private International Law, 264 p. (P.R. Acad. Jurispr. Legisl. 1991).

22. Conflict of Laws: Louisiana Materials (Course-Book, 2nd ed. 1983, P.M. Hebert Publ. Institute).

Tul. L. Rev. 2181 (2008); Ana Gramatikaki-Alexiou, Nomiko Vima [in Greek] (2008); V.V. Plehanov, 10(1) Journal of Civil Law [in Russian] 298 (2010).

4. Chinese translation and review by Li Shuangyuan published 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). Reviewed by Paolo Picone, 7 Rev. Droit Unif. 944 (2002-03).


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23. A Source-Book for the Revision of Louisiana Law of Conflict of Laws (Compila-tion, 328 p., 1984).

24. An Outsider’s View of the American Approach to Choice of Law: Comparative Observations on Current American and Continental Conflicts Doctrine (Doc-toral Thesis, Harvard Law School, 413 p., 1980).

25. Συγκριτικό Δίκαιο (Comparative Law) (with Dimitrios Evrigenis & Phocion Fran-cescakis, Sakkoulas Publications, 593 p., 1978).

26. Εισαγωγή στο Κυπριακό Δίκαιο (Introduction to Cypriot Law), (University of Thessaloniki Press, 231 p., 1977).

27. The Maxim Lex Loci Celebrationis in the Conflict of Laws of Marriage: A Com-parative 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. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2018: Thirty-Second Annual Survey, 67 American Journal of Comparative Law (forthcoming 2019) 15 available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3308522

2. The “Private” in Private International Law, Maastricht Law Series (forthcoming 2019).

3. The Brussels I Regulation and Third Countries, in Libro Homenaje al profesor Eugenio Hernández-Bretón (forthcoming 2018), available at SSRN https://ssrn.com/abstract=3231715

4. The Scope and Limits of Party Autonomy in International Contracts: A Com-parative Analysis, in Franco Ferrari & Diego P. Fernández Arroyo (eds.), The Continuing Relevance of Private International Law and New Challenges (forth-coming 2019) available at SSRN https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?ab-stract_id=3359988

5. La convention de Bruxelles cinquante après: une vue de l’autre côté de l’Atlan-tique, Revue critique de droit international privé, 549-59 (2018).

6. New Rules for Tort Conflicts: The Proposed Third Conflicts Restatement, in L. Navarro Moreno (ed.), Homenaje al Dr. Leonel Pereznieto Castro (forthcoming 2018).

7. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2017: Thirty-First Annual Survey, 66 American Journal of Comparative Law 1-87 (2018) available at SSRN:

15 “This survey, authored for several years by Dean Symeon C. Symeonides, is enormously helpful in providing a comprehensive review of recent cases as well as an enlightening and thorough explanation of choice of law principles in action.” David G. Owen & Mary J. Davis, Products Liability § 24:1 n.12 (4th ed. 2018).

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8. What Law Governs Forum Selection Clauses, 78 Louisiana Law Review 1119-1161 (2018),17 available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3014070

9. Choice-of-Court Agreements: American Practice in a Comparative Perspective, in A. Bonomi & K.N. Schefer (eds.), U.S. Litigation Today: Still a Threat for Eu-ropean Businesses or Just a Paper Tiger? 85-135 (Swiss Inst. Comp. L. Schulthess Éditions Romandes, 2018).

10. The Third Conflicts Restatement’s First Draft on Tort Conflicts, 92 Tulane Law Review. 1-52 (2017), available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3014068

11. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2016: Thirtieth Annual Survey, 65 American Journal of Comparative Law 1-82 (2017), 18 available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2919145

12. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2015: Twenty-Ninth Annual Survey, 64 American Journal of Comparative Law 221-312 (2016),19 available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2709668.

13. Civilian Statutes and Judicial Discretion, 76 Louisiana Law Review 1125-1140 (2016).

14. The Choice-of-Law Revolution Fifty Years after Currie: An End and a Beginning, 2015 University of Illinois Law Review 1847-1921 (2015), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2568175.

15. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2014: Twenty-Eight Annual Survey, 63 American Journal of Comparative Law 299-386 (2015); 20 available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2543744

16. Torts and Conflict of Laws, in Mauro Bussani & Anthony Sebok (eds.), Compar-ative Tort Law: Global Perspectives, 39-69 (Elgar Publishers 2015).

17. Party Autonomy in International Contracts and the Multiple Ways of Slicing

16 Translated into Chinese by Prof. Tao Du and published in Wuhan University International Law Review 54-90 (2018-2), and 76-119 (2018-3). 17 Reviewed by Prof. Linda Mullenix (U. Texas) at https://courtslaw.jotwell.com/enquiring-minds-want-to-know-what-law-governs-forum-selection-clauses/ (Noting that “[a]s the country’s preeminent con-flicts scholar, Professor Symeonides has performed an extremely valuable task in systematically hacking through the Gordian knot of the applicable-law problem intertwined with forum selection clauses.”). 18 Translated into Chinese by Prof. Tao Du and published in Wuhan University International Law Review ___-___ (2017). 19 Translated into Chinese by Prof. Tao Du and published in 62 Civil and Commercial Law Review 330-427 (2016). 20 Translated into Chinese by Prof. Tao Du and published in 59 Civil and Commercial Law Review 476-572 (2015).





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the Apple, 39 Brooklyn Journal of International Law 1123-43 (2014).

18. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2013: Twenty-Seventh Annual Survey, 62 American Journal of Comparative Law 223-322 (2014);21 available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2374470

19. Party Autonomy and the Lex Limitativa, in C. Pampoukis (ed.), In Search of Justice: Essays in honour of Spyridon V. Vrellis 909-924 (Nomiki Bibliothiki, 2014).

20. Issue-by-Issue Analysis and Dépeçage in Choice of Law: Cause and Effect, 45 University of Toledo Law Review 751-772 (2014), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2356657

21. L’autonomie de la volonté dans les principes de la Haye sur le choix de la loi applicable en matière de contrats internationaux, 102 Revue Critique de Droit International Privé 807-842 (2013). Also published in English as The Hague Principles on Choice of Law for International Contracts: Preliminary Observa-tions, 61 American Journal of Comparative Law 873-899 (2013); available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2256661

22. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2012: Twenty-Sixth Annual Survey, 61 American Journal of Comparative Law 217-299 (2013); 22 available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2204138

23. Codification and Flexibility in Private International Law, in Karen Brown & Da-vid Snyder (eds.), General Reports of the XVIII Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law / Rapports Généraux du XVIIIeme Congrés de L’Academie Internationale de Droit Comparé 167-190 (Springer Pubs., 2012).

24. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2011: Twenty-Fifth Annual Survey, 60 American Journal of Comparative Law 291-367 (2012); 23 available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1980624

25. Τα Ψηφιδωτά της Κανακαριάς: Μιά Μικρή Νίκη Εναντίον της Παράνομης Εμπορίας Πολιτιστικών Αγαθών (The Mosaics of Kanakaria: A Small Victory against Traders of Looted Cultural Property), in Á. Samara-Krispi (ed.), Προστασία και Επιστροφή Πολιτιστικών Αγαθών (Protection and Return of Cul-tural Property), 56-115 (Sakkoulas Publishers, 2011).

21 Translated into Chinese by Prof. Tao Du and published in 56 Civil and Commercial Law Review 496-604 (2014). 22 Translated into Chinese by Prof. Tao Du and published in 55 Civil and Commercial Law Review 553-645 (2014). 23 Translated into Chinese by Prof. Tao Du and published in 53 Civil and Commercial Law Review 947-1027 (2013).







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26. Codifying Choice of Law for Tort Conflicts: The Oregon Experience in Compar-ative Perspective, 12 Yearbook of Private International Law 201-245 (2010).

27. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2010: Twenty-Fourth Annual Survey, 59 American Journal of Comparative Law 303–393 (2011), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1737558

28. Party Autonomy in Rome I and II from a Comparative Perspective, in K. Boele-Woelki, T. Einhorn, D. Girsberger & S. Symeonides (eds.), Convergence and Di-vergence in Private International Law – Liber Amicorum Kurt Siehr 513-550 (2010); also published in 28(2) Nederlands Internationaal Privaatrecht 191-205 (2010), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1697372

29. American Federalism and Private International Law, 63 Revue Hellénique de Droit International 537-580 (2010), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/ ab-stract=1612949

30. 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

31. 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/ ab-stract=1529501

32. A New Conflicts Restatement: Why Not? 5 Journal of Private International Law 383-424 (2009), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=144461824

33. Choice of Law in Cross-Border Torts: Why Plaintiffs Win, and Should, 61 Has-tings Law Journal 337-411 (2009); longer version available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1328191

34. 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=132216825

35. 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/ab-stract=1343878

36. Result-Selectivism in Conflicts Law, 46 Willamette Law Review 1 (2009), availa-ble at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1133630

24 Cited by the Supreme Court of Israel in Yuviner v. Skalar, CA 3299/06, and Yuviner v. Skalar, 09046550/09). 25 Also published in Spanish by María Mercedes Albornoz, “Determinación del derecho aplicable en los tribunales Estadounidenses en 2008: Vigésimo segundo informe anual,” in Tendencias y Relaciones Derecho Internacional Privado Americano Actual (D. Fernández Arroyo & N. González Martín, eds., 2010).















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37. The American Revolution and the European Evolution in Choice of Law: Recip-rocal Lessons, 82 Tulane Law Review 1741-99 (2008), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=110428426

38. Rome II and Tort Conflicts: A Missed Opportunity, 56 American Journal of Comparative Law 173-223 (2008), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract =103180327

39. 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

40. Rome II: A Centrist Critique, 9 Yearbook of Private International Law 149-173 (2008).

41. Party Autonomy and Private Law-Making in Private International Law: The Lex Mercatoria that Isn’t, in Festschrift für Konstantinos D. Kerameus 1397-1423 (Ant. N. Sakkoulas & Bruylant Publishers 2009), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=946007.

42. Oregon’s Choice-of-Law Codification for Contract Conflicts: An Exegesis, 44 Willamette Law Review 205-252 (2007).

43. The First Conflicts Restatement Through the Eyes of Old: As Bad as Its Repu-tation? 32 Southern Illinois University Law Journal 39-82 (2007), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=963267

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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.).

48. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2005: Nineteenth Annual Survey, 53

26 Cited by the Supreme Court of Israel in Yuviner v. Skalar, CA 3299/06, and Yuviner v. Skalar, 09046550/09). 27 Cited by the Supreme Court of Israel in Yuviner v. Skalar, CA 3299/06, and Yuviner v. Skalar, 09046550/09).











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American Journal of Comparative Law 559-652 (2005).

49. Accommodative Unilateralism as a Starting Premise in Choice of Law, in H-E. Rasmussen-Bonne, R. Freer, W. Lüke & W. Weitnauer (eds.), Balancing of In-terests: Liber Amicorum Peter Hay 417-434 (Verlag Recht und Wirtschaft GmbH, 2005), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract= 903473

50. A Choice-of-Law Rule for Conflicts Involving Stolen Cultural Property, 38 Van-derbilt Journal of Transnational Law 1177-1198 (2005)

51. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2004: Eighteenth Annual Survey, 53 American Journal of Comparative Law 201-276 (2005).

52. 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 Mul-tistate Justice xxxiii-xlii (Special ed., Transnational Publishers 2005).

53. Choice of Law for Products Liability: The 1990s and Beyond, 78 Tulane Law Re-view 1247-1349 (2004), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract= 1167942.

54. Tort Conflicts and Rome II: A View from Across, in H-P. Mansel, et. al. (eds.) Festschrift für Erik Jayme 935-954 (Sellier European Law Publishers 2004).

55. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2003: Seventeenth Annual Survey, 52 American Journal of Comparative Law 1-76 (2004).

56. Party Choice in Product-Liability Conflicts, 12 Willamette J. Int’l L. & Dispute Resolution 263-286 (2004).

57. Territoriality and Personality in Tort Conflicts, in T. Einhorn & K. Siehr (eds.), Intercontinental Cooperation Through Private International Law: Essays in Memory of Peter Nygh 401-433 (Asser Press 2004).12

58. Resolving Punitive-Damages Conflicts, 5 Yearbook of Private International Law 1-34 (2003).

59. Codifying Choice of Law for Contracts: The Oregon Experience, 67 Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht 726-751 (2003).

60. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2002: Sixteenth Annual Survey, 51 American Journal of Comparative Law 1-88 (2003).13

61. The Mixed Legal System of the Republic of Cyprus, 78 Tulane Law Review 441 (2003).

12. Characterized as “a paper of tremendous interest and value, . . . an astonishing feat,” by Adrian Briggs in 121 Law Quarterly Review 511 (2005).

13. Cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. 692 (2004), in both the majority and concurring opinions. Translated into Chinese by Kong Lingjie & Wang Li in 2004 Chinese Yearbook of Private International Law & Comparative Law 513-615 (2004).


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62. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2001: Fifteenth Annual Survey, 50 American Journal of Comparative Law 1-95 (2002).14

63. Codifying Choice of Law for Contracts: The Puerto Rico Projet, in J. Nafziger & S. Symeonides (eds.), Law and Justice in a Multistate World: Essays in Honor of Arthur T. von Mehren 419-437 (Transnational Pubs. 2002).

64. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2000: As the Century Turns, 49 Amer-ican Journal of Comparative Law 1-47 (2001).15

65. 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).

66. American Choice of Law at the Dawn of the 21st Century, 37 Willamette Law Review 1-87 (2001).

67. On the Side of the Angels: Choice of Law and Stolen Cultural Property, in J. Basedow, et al. (eds.), Private Law in the International Arena–Liber Amicorum Kurt Siehr 747-61 (Asser Press 2000).

68. Material Justice and Conflicts Justice in Choice of Law, in P. Borchers & J. Zekoll (eds.), International Conflict of Laws for the Third Millennium: Essays in Honor of Friedrich K. Juenger 125-40 (Transnational Publishers 2000).

69. The Need for a Third Conflicts Restatement (And a Proposal for Tort Conflicts), 75 Indiana Law Journal 437-474 (2000).16

70. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 1999: One More Year, 48 American Journal of Comparative Law 143-180 (2000).17

71. Mandate, Agency, and Representation: A Kommentar (with Wendell H. Holmes), 73 Tulane Law Review 1087-1159 (1999).

72. Covenant Marriage and the Conflict of Laws (with Katherine S. Spaht), 32 Creighton Law Review 1085-1120 (1999).

73. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 1998: Twelfth Annual Survey, 47 Amer-ican Journal of Comparative Law, 327-92 (1999).18

74. The Louisiana Judge: Judge, Statesman, Politician, in V. Palmer (ed.), Louisiana: Microcosm of a Mixed Jurisdiction 89-104 (Carolina Academic Press, 1999).

14. Translated into Chinese by Kong Lingjie & Wang Li in 2003 Chinese Yearbook of Private International Law & Comparative Law, 465-567 (2003).

15. Excerpted in Robert C. Casad, Jurisdiction and Forum Selection (2000 Supp.).

16. Cited by the Supreme Court of Israel in Yuviner v. Skalar, CA 3299/06, and Yuviner v. Skalar, 09046550/09).




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75. Historical Evolution and Diversity of Cypriot Law (chapter in a book on the law of Cyprus, Institut Universitaire Européen, Florence, 1999).

76. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 1997, 46 American Journal of Compar-ative Law 233-285 (1998).

77. The Judicial Acceptance of the Second Conflicts Restatement: A Mixed Bless-ing, 56 Maryland Law Review 1246-83 (1997).

78. Resolving Six Celebrated Conflicts Cases Through Statutory Choice-of-Law Rules, 48 Mercer Law Review 837-69 (1997).

79. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 1996: Tenth Annual Survey, 45 Amer-ican Journal of Comparative Law 447-503 (1997).

80. An Introduction to “The Romanist Tradition in Louisiana”: One Day in the Life of Louisiana Law, 56 Louisiana Law Review 249 (1995).

81. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 1995: A Year in Review, 44 American Journal of Comparative Law 181-241 (1996).19

82. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 1994: A View “From the Trenches,” 43 American Journal of Comparative Law 1-92 (1995).

83. Les Clauses d’Exception en matière de Conflits de Lois–Etats-Unis, in D. Kok-kini-Iatridou (ed.), Les Clauses d’Exception en matière de Conflits de Lois et de Conflits de Juridiction – ou Le principe de proximité 77-195 (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1994).20

84. The ALI’s Complex Litigation Project: Commencing the National Debate, 54 Louisiana Law Review 843-879 (1994).

85. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 1993 (and in the Six Previous Years), 42 American Journal of Comparative Law 559-653 (1994).21

86. Σύγχρονη Κωδικοποιητική Τεχνική στο Ιδιωτικό Διεθνές Δίκαιο (Modern Codi-fication Techniques in Private International Law), 14 Revue hellénique de droit européen 951-984 (1994).

87. Louisiana Conflicts Law: Two “Surprises,” 54 Louisiana Law Review 497-549 (1994).

88. The New Law of Co-Ownership: A Kommentar (with Nicole D. Martin) 68 19. Excerpted in Gene R. Shreve, A Conflict-of-Laws Anthology (1997); Gene R. Shreve & Hannah Buxbaum, A Conflict-of-Laws Anthology (2d ed. 2012); and Robert C. Casad, Jurisdiction and Forum Selec-tion (1996 Supp.).

20. Also published as “Exception Clauses in American Conflicts Law,” 42 American Journal of Comparative Law 813-865 (1994 Supp). Excerpted in Gene R. Shreve, A Conflict-of-Laws Anthology (1997), and Gene R. Shreve & Hannah Buxbaum, A Conflict-of-Laws Anthology (2d ed. 2012).



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Tulane Law Review 69-160 (1993).

89. 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).

90. Private International Law Codification in a Mixed Jurisdiction: The Louisiana Experience, 57 Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, 460-516 (1993).

91. Louisiana’s New Law of Choice of Law for Tort Conflicts: An Exegesis, 66 Tulane Law Review 677-770 (1992).22

92. Les grands problèmes de droit international privé et la nouvelle codification de Louisiane, 81 Revue critique de droit international privé 223-281 (1992).

93. Ruminations on Real Actions, 51 Louisiana Law Review 493-522 (1991).

94. 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).

95. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 1989: An Overview (with J.P. Kozyris), 38 American Journal of Comparative Law 601-51 (1990).

96. Revising Puerto Rico’s Conflicts Law: A Preview, 28 Columbia Journal of Trans-national Law, 413 (1990).

97. Choice of Law in the American Courts in 1988, 37 American Journal of Compar-ative Law 1001-1039 (1989).

98. The Swiss Conflicts Codification: An Introduction, 37 American Journal of Com-parative Law 187 (1989).

99. Swiss Federal Statute on Private International Law of December 18, 1987: An English Translation (with J. Cornu & S. Hankins) 37 American Journal of Com-parative Law 193-246 (1989).

100. 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 ed. 2007).

101. Exploring the “Dismal Swamp:” The Revision of Louisiana’s Conflicts Law on Successions, 47 Louisiana Law Review 1029-1104 (1987).

102. Louisiana Conflicts Jurisprudence: An Introduction, 47 Louisiana Law Review 1105-1108 (1987).

22. Selected for “Worth Reading” List, National Law Journal, 9/24/92.


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103. Louisiana’s Draft on Successions and Marital Property, 35 American Journal of Comparative Law 259-293 (1987).

104. Developments in the Law, 1985-86: Property, 47 Louisiana Law Review 429-52 (1987).

105. 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 Jour-nal 11-31 (1986).


107. Revolution and Counter-Revolution in American Conflicts Law: Is There a Mid-dle Ground? 46 Ohio State Law Journal 549-568 (1985).

108. Marginal Notes to the New Law of Possession and Acquisitive Prescription, 30th Annual Institute of Mineral Law 126-245 (1984).



111. One Hundred Footnotes to the New Law of Possession and Acquisitive Pre-scription, 44 Louisiana Law Review 69-108 (1983).

112. Maritime Conflicts of Law from the Perspective of Modern Choice of Law Meth-odology, 7 Tulane Maritime Law Journal 223-64 (1982).

113. Zypern (with Erik Jayme) in Bergmann & Ferid (eds.), Internationales Ehe– und Kindschaftsrecht 93 p. (Gmb H and Co. K.G. Frankfurt, 1979).

114. Το Διαφυλετικόν και Διαθρησκευτικόν Δίκαιον της Κύπρου: Το Δίκαιον των Μικτών Γάμων (1972) (The Interethnic and Interreligious Law of Cyprus: The Law of Mixed Marriages) (University of Thessaloniki Law School, 1972).

C. SHORTER PIECES

115. The Full Faith and Credit Clause, in J. Basedow, F. Ferrari, P. de Miguel Asensio & G. Rühl (eds.), Encyclopedia of Private International Law (Elgar Pubs. 2017).

116. The First and Second Conflicts Restatements, in J. Basedow, F. Ferrari, P. de Miguel Asensio & G. Rühl (eds.), Encyclopedia of Private International Law (El-gar Pubs. 2017).

117. Conflict of Laws in International Encyclopedia of Social & Behavioral Sciences (Kluwer 2001), 2nd ed. (Elsevier 2012).

118. A Dedication to Professor P. John Kozyris, 58 American Journal of Comparative Law 221-226 (2010).


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119. Friedrich K. Juenger: An Introduction to Chinese Readers, in Chinese transla-tion of Friedrich K. Juenger, Choice of Law and Multistate Justice (Peking Uni-versity Press 2008).

120. Arthur Taylor von Mehren: A Career of Unassuming Excellence, in Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 261 (2007).

121. Arthur Taylor von Mehren: A Gentle Giant, 53 American Journal of Comparative Law 531-542 (2006).

122. In Memoriam: Arthur Taylor von Mehren, 119 Harvard Law Review 1962-67 (2006).

123. Foreword to Friedrich K. Juenger, Choice of Law and Multistate Justice, ix-x (Spe-cial ed. 2005).

124. In Memoriam Friedrich K. Juenger, 35 University of California-Davis Law Review 249 (2002).

125. The Fiftieth Anniversary Meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law, 10 Willamette J. Int’l L. & Dispute Resolution 1-6 (2002).

126. Conflict of Laws, in Oxford Companion to American Law (Oxford University Press, 2001).

127. On Deaning, Writing, and Roses, 33 University of Toledo Law Review 217 (2001).

D. BIBLIOGRAPHIES

128. Private International Law Bibliography 2018: U.S. and Foreign Sources in Eng-lish, 67 American Journal of Comparative Law (forthcoming 2019).

129. Private International Law Bibliography 2017: U.S. and Foreign Sources in Eng-lish, 66 American Journal of Comparative Law 89 (2018).

130. Private International Law Bibliography 2016: U.S. and Foreign Sources in Eng-lish, 65 American Journal of Comparative Law 83 (2017).

131. Private International Law Bibliography 2015: U.S. and Foreign Sources in Eng-lish, 64 American Journal of Comparative Law 313-327 (2016).


133. Private International Law Bibliography 2013: U.S. and Foreign Sources in Eng-lish, 62 American Journal of Comparative Law (2014).


135. Private International Law Bibliography 2009-10: U.S. and Foreign Sources in English, 59 American Journal of Comparative Law 395-410 (2011).


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139. Conflict of Laws Bibliography: U.S. Sources, 2006-07, 56 American Journal of Comparative Law 321-330 (2008).

140. Conflict of Laws Bibliography: U.S. Sources, 2005-06, 55 American Journal of Comparative Law 501-510 (2007).

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