State courts often apply sister state law even when the sister state’s Supreme Court would not have applied its law to the facts. Does this mean that choice-of-law rules are treated as general common law – that is, law that does not have its source in the lawmaking power of any particular jurisdiction? If so, should choice of law be reformed in the light of Erie? Can continued commitment to the general common law be found in other areas? Is the appeal to the general common law an inescapable part of legal reasoning?
Business Meeting at Program Conclusion.