Browsing Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Works by Author "Ribstein, Larry E."

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    • From Politics to Efficiency in Choice of Law 
      O'Connor, Erin O'Hara, 1965-; Ribstein, Larry E. (University of Chicago Law Review, 2000)
      This article proposes a comprehensive system for choice of law that is designed to enhance social wealth by focusing on individual rather than governmental interests. To the extent practicable, parties should be able to ...
    • Interest Groups, Contracts and Interest Analysis 
      O'Connor, Erin O'Hara, 1965-; Ribstein, Larry E. (Mercer Law Review, 1997)
      Interest analysis does not stand up well under economic analysis. Richard Posner has noted that the territorial approach to choice-of-law rules reflected in the First Restatement enabled states at least roughly to exercise ...
    • Preemption and Choice-of-Law Coordination 
      Ribstein, Larry E.; O'Connor, Erin O'Hara, 1965- (Michigan Law Review, 2013)
      The doctrine treating federal preemption of state law has been plagued by uncertainty and confusion. Part of the problem is that courts purport to interpret congressional intent when often Congress has never considered the ...
    • Rules and Institutions in Developing a Law Market: Views from the United States and Europe 
      O'Connor, Erin O'Hara, 1965-; Ribstein, Larry E. (Tulane Law Review, 2008)
      Developments in European choice of law seem to offer the United States a tantalizing opportunity for escape from the chaos of state-by-state choice-of-law rules. Specifically, the Rome Regulations provide the sort of uniform ...