Article by Symeon C. Symeonides
On January 1, 1992, Louisiana's new law of conflict of laws went into effect. Act No. 923 of 1991 (Act No. 923 or Act) is the first major revision of Louisiana conflicts law since 1825, and the first comprehensive attempt at conflicts codification in the United States. Drawing from the vast laboratory of American conflicts experience, the Act codifies, updates, and streamlines Louisiana conflicts jurisprudence, and replaces the two conflicts articles in the Preliminary Title of the Louisiana Civil Code of 1870 with thirty-six new articles. The purpose of this Article is to present to the legal profession of this state the new articles that deal with tort conflicts.
About the Author
Symeon C. Symeonides. Judge Albert Tate Professor of Law and Vice-Chancellor, Louisiana State University Law Center; LL.B., LL.B., University of Thessaloniki Law School; LL.M., S.J.D. Harvard University; Reporter, Codification of Louisiana Conflicts Laws for the Louisiana State Law Institute; Co-Reporter (with Professor Arthur T. von Mehren), Codification of Puerto Rican Private International Law for the Puerto Rican Academy of Legislation and Jurisprudence. The views expressed in this Article are solely those of this author and do not necessarily represent the views of the Louisiana State Law Institute.
Citation
66 Tul. L. Rev. 677 (1992)