Babcock v. Jackson: The Transition from the Lex Loci Delicti Rule to the Dominant Contacts Approach

Authors

Arthur M. Sherwood, University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow

Abstract

This comment will examine the lex loci delicti rule and the judicial transition from it to the new "dominant contacts" approach enunciated in Babcock, with some attempt to consider unresolved difficulties in the newer approach to choice of tort law.

Recommended Citation

Arthur M. Sherwood, Babcock v. Jackson: The Transition from the Lex Loci Delicti Rule to the Dominant Contacts Approach, 62 Mich. L. Rev. 1358 (1964).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol62/iss8/4