TL;DRAbstract
Why should a court apply foreign law? It might be imagined that everything could be satisfactorily decided under its own law. A moment's thought, however, reveals that there are at least some situations in which foreign law has to be applied. Take the case of two people, a man and a woman, who have lived all their lives in country X. They are citizens of that country and are domiciled there. They marry there, taking care to ensure that they comply with the requirements of the local law. If, many years later, they go to country Y on a visit, it would be monstrous if their marriage was not recognized because they had not complied with the formalities laid down by the law of country Y.
Chat with Paper
AI Agents for this Paper
Why should a court apply foreign law? It might be imagined that everything could be satisfactorily decided under its own law. A moment's thought, however, reveals that there are at least some situations in which foreign law has to be applied. Take the case of two people, a man and a woman, who have lived all their lives in country X. They are citizens of that country and are domiciled there. They marry there, taking care to ensure that they comply with the requirements of the local law. If, many years later, they go to country Y on a visit, it would be monstrous if their marriage was not recognized because they had not complied with the formalities laid down by the law of country Y.
Keywords
Chat
Click to start Chat