Lex fori
Lex fori (Latin: the law of the forum) is a choice of law rule. If applicable, it provides that the law of the jurisdiction or venue in which a legal action is brought applies.[1][2]
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When a court decides that it should, by reason of the principles of conflict of law, resolve a given legal dispute by reference to the laws of another jurisdiction, the lex causae, the lex fori still govern procedural matters.[3]
See also
References
- Green, Michael S. (1995). "Legal Realism, Lex Fori, and the Choice-of-Law Revolution". Yale Law Journal. 104: 967. doi:10.2307/797110. JSTOR 797110.
- Black's Law Dictionary abridged Sixth Edition (1991), p. 630.
- Collins, Lawrence (2000). Dicey and Morris on the Conflicts of Laws (13th ed.). London: Sweet & Maxwell. p. 157.
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