ACTEC/Tulane Symposium on Conflict of Laws in Trusts and Estates

Articles Available Online

ACTEC Fellow Professor Ronald J. Scalise has reported that articles originally presented during the Symposium on Conflict of Laws in Trusts and Estates held on October 21, 2022, in collaboration with Tulane University Law School, have now been officially published in the Tulane Law Review. The published works authored by ACTEC Fellows are available for review and include:

• Community Property and Conflict of Laws: A Cacophony of Cases Karen E. Boxx
• Life and Death Matters in Conflict of Laws Alyssa A. DiRusso
• Jurisdictional Conflicts in Adult Guardianship David English
• Trusts and the Choice of Law: What Role for the Settlor’s Choice and the Place of Administration? Thomas P. Gallanis
• Sticky Omitted Choice-of-Law Clauses: The Case of Heir Hunters Donald Horton
• Directed Trusts and the Conflict of Laws Jeffrey Schoenblum
• The Twenty-First Century Revolution in Conflict of Trust Laws Robert B. Niles-Weed & Robert H. Sitkoff
• Alien Powers: Powers of Appointment, “Dogma,” and the Pure Theory of Jurisdiction-Selecting Choice of Law James P. Spica
• Trust Law’s Public Policy Doctrine: Major Policy Fault Lines, Aggressive Home Rule Legislation, and Implications for Conflicts Reform Reid K. Weisbord

The Symposium was free of charge to the public, funded through a grant grant provided byThe ACTEC Foundation. ACTEC Fellow Professor Ronald J. Scalise expresses his deep gratitude to The Foundation.  

The ACTEC Foundation Board of Directors acknowledges Ronald J. Scalise for his leadership in the success of the Symposium.