Conflict of laws - Tort, Crime and Property

What is a tort?

• Act or omissions which cause damage to another, there being fault or negligence, is obliged to pay for the damages done.

• Legal wrong committed upon person or property independent of contract.

• act or omission that gives rise to injury or causes harm to another which amounts to a civil wrong for which the courts may impose liability.

• All of the above.

In conflict of laws in torts, what law governs liability for torts?

• Lex loci delicti commissi

• Lex rei sitae

• Lex loci celebrationis

• Lex fori

These are general criticism to the approach of Lex Loci Delicti Commissi, except....

• Harsh, unnecessary, and unjust because of its mechanical approach 

• Cannot solve the complex litigation problems

• Predictable and uniformly applies to all injured parties

• It ignores the interests of other jurisdictions when their residents are involved in tort litigation arising from events occurring in other states

It roughly translates as the “law of the place of the wrong.”It is also the traditional way of resolving tort choice of law problems which employs the law of the place of injury. 

• Lex Loci Delicti Commissi

• Most Significant Relationship Rule

• Interest Analysis Approach

In applying the lex loci delicti commissi conflict of laws in torts, the locus delicti or the place of the wrong pertains to _______. 

• The place where the act began.

• The place where the act became effective.

• The place with which has the most substantial connection.

• All of the above

• None of the above

This doctrine or approach that gives consideration to the policies and interests of the forum state, the tort state, and other states that may have an interest by virtue of the domicile of the parties or other relevant factors. It determines which state has the most substantial connection to the case at hand. It is applicable where the acts constituting the cause of action occurred in two or more states, which ripened into a cause of action in another state.

• Center of gravity

• Grouping of contacts

• Most Significant Relationship Rule

• All of the above

• None of the above