Chapter 12

CHOICE OF LAW

A. INTRODUCTION: ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE
AND CHOICE OF LAW
§12:1 Generally
§ 12:2 Choice of Law Systems--State Law
§ 12:3 Choice of Law Systems and Federalism
§ 12:4 Choice of Law and Attorney-Client Privilege--Basic Problems and Impractical Solutions
B. CHOICE OF LAW PRIOR TO ENACTMENT OF THE
FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE
§ 12:5 Generally
C. RULE 501 AND CHOICE OF LAW ON PRIVILEGE
§ 12:6 Generally
§ 12:7 Prerequisites to Application of Rule 501
§ 12:8 Rule 501 and Conflicting Federal Statutes
§ 12:9 Federal Criminal Prosecutions
§ 12:10 --Criminal Prosecutions--Unanticipated Problems
§ 12:11 Civil Suits--Rule 501, "Pure" Federal Questions, and Federal Rules of Decision
§ 12:12 Civil Suits--Rule 501, "Mixtures" of Federal and State Claims, and Federal Rules of Decision
§ 12:13 Jurisdiction vs. Rules of Decision--Special Cases of Bankruptcy and Habeas Corpus
§ 12:14 --Rule 501 and Bankruptcy
§ 12:15 --Rule 501 and Habeas Corpus
§ 12:16 Civil Suits--Rule 501 and Diversity Cases
§ 12:17 --Which State's Law?
§ 12:18 --Special Problem With Changes of Venue
§ 12:19 Comity
§ 12:20 --Comity and the States
§ 12:21 --Rule 501 and Foreign Privilege Law

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