Exercises
1.Prepare answers to the following questions using paragraph form.
(1) Why private international law in England developed much later than that on the Europe continent?
(2) After the 18th century,the legal environment in Britain had changed fundamentally; can you describe those changes and analyze their impact on the development of English private international law?
(3) Summarize the opinion of Joseph Story on the conflict of laws.
(4) List the major doctrines that occurred during the American Conflicts Revolution.
2.Multiple Choice
(1) Which of the following statements is not correct? ( )
A.Common law system in England prevented English private international law from developing for several centuries.
B.A.V.Dicey put forward the Local Law Theory.
C.Joseph Story was decisively influenced by Huber’s Comity Doctrine.
D.Joseph Beal was the leading American conflicts scholar after Story.
(2) Pursuant to Cook,( )
A.it is the duty of a judge to apply foreign law in hearing a civil case involving foreign elements.(https://www.daowen.com)
B.the classic conflicts law shall be preserved.
C.foreign law is applied when local law is silent on a particular issue.
D.the classic conflicts law system is not necessary at all.
(3) Which of the following statements is correct? ( )
A.All the states in the Unites States are of common law tradition.
B.The principles of preference advocated by Cavers provide an objective approach to applying law in a conflict-of-law situation.
C.To some extent,the conflict of laws issues before Chinese judges are more complicated than those before American judges because the U.S.has a constitution which enjoys a supreme status over all the states that fall within its jurisdiction.
D.Better Law Doctrine has not been accepted by any state in the United States.
(4) According to the F.K.Juenger,( )
A.the goal of private international law is to realize conflicts justice.
B.private international law has to accept a less quality of justice.
C.the two foundational premises of private international law are open to challenge.
D.the selectivist method under the classic conflicts law system is both inevitable and the best available.