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    LEX LOCI CONTRACTUS, Contracts. The Law of The Place Where An Agreement Is Mad

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    1. The document discusses several legal doctrines related to choice-of-law issues: 2. Lex loci contractus refers to the law of the place where a contract was made. Generally, a contract's validity is decided by this law and is valid everywhere if valid there. 3. Lex loci delictus means the law of the place where the plaintiff suffered harm in a tort case. Courts generally follow this rule, except if the law is against morality or justice. 4. The Kilberg Doctrine provides that the forum is not bound by the law of the place of injury in wrongful death cases regarding damage limitations, which are considered procedural. 5. The Center of Gravity

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    1. The document discusses several legal doctrines related to choice-of-law issues: 2. Lex loci contractus refers to the law of the place where a contract was made. Generally, a contract's validity is decided by this law and is valid everywhere if valid there. 3. Lex loci delictus means the law of the place where the plaintiff suffered harm in a tort case. Courts generally follow this rule, except if the law is against morality or justice. 4. The Kilberg Doctrine provides that the forum is not bound by the law of the place of injury in wrongful death cases regarding damage limitations, which are considered procedural. 5. The Center of Gravity

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    1. The document discusses several legal doctrines related to choice-of-law issues: 2. Lex loci contractus refers to the law of the place where a contract was made. Generally, a contract's validity is decided by this law and is valid everywhere if valid there. 3. Lex loci delictus means the law of the place where the plaintiff suffered harm in a tort case. Courts generally follow this rule, except if the law is against morality or justice. 4. The Kilberg Doctrine provides that the forum is not bound by the law of the place of injury in wrongful death cases regarding damage limitations, which are considered procedural. 5. The Center of Gravity

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    LEX LOCI CONTRACTUS, contracts.

    The law of the place where an agreement is mad


    e.
    2. Generally, the validity of a contract is to be decided by the law of the place where,
    the contract is made; if valid, there it is, in general,valid everywhere. Story, Confl. of Law
    s, Sec. 242, and the cases there cited. And vice versa if void or illegal there, it is general
    ly voideverywhere. Id Sec. 243; 2 Kent Com. 457; 4 M. R. 584; 7 M. R. 213; 11 M. R. 73
    0; 12 M. R. 475; 1 N. S. 202; 5 N. S. 585; 6 N. S. 76; 6 L.R. 676; 6 N. S. 631; 4 Blackf.
    R. 89.
    Lex loci delictus means the law of the place where the plaintiff suffered the
    wrong. It is the place where last event constituting the wrong takes place.
    Courts follow the rule of lex loci delictus in determining which state's
    substantive law is applicable to actions sounding in tort. The public policy
    exception to lex loci delictus rule is where the law of the jurisdiction where
    the tort occurred is against good morals or natural justice, or for some other
    reason, its enforcement would be prejudicial to the general interests of our
    citizens. [ Trahan v. E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., 567 F. Supp. 505 (D. Tenn.
    1983)].
    Kilberg Doctrine This is a rule applied in suits involving conflicts of law that
    provides that the forum is not bound by the law of the place of injury or
    death as to the limitation on damages for wrongful death action. The
    rationale behind the doctrine is that laws that set limitations on damages are
    procedural. Hence the law of the forum should govern the issue.
    Center of gravity doctrine (most significant relationship theory; grouping
    of contacts) - choice of law problems in conflict of laws are resolved by the
    application of the law of the jurisdiction which has the most significant
    relationship to or contact with event and parties to litigation and the issue
    therein.
    According to center of gravity doctrine, whenever there is a choice-of-law
    question, the law of the jurisdiction with the most significant relationship to
    the transaction or event applies.
    Center-of-Gravity Doctrine is also known as significant-relationship theory or
    grouping-of-contacts theory.

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