Introduction: the subject defined and overview -- The development and current state of approaches to choice of law -- Determining the applicable law -- Domicile -- Basic considerations in personal jurisdiction -- General jurisdiction -- Specific jurisdiction in tort cases -- Specific jurisdiction in the contract cases -- Specific jurisdiction in statutory cases -- Special jurisdictional problems -- Limitations on jurisdiction -- Procedure -- Forming domestic relationships -- Marital property -- Dissolution of domestic relationships and its consequences -- Legitimation and adoption -- Torts -- Contracts -- Property -- Succession -- Trusts and powers of appointment -- Probate and administration of estates -- Corporations, winding-up, and bankruptcy -- Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and decrees