The new edition contains added materials on complex litigation and conflicts in cyberspace, federal state conflicts and the extraterritorial reach of the Constitution, incorporating recently decided Supreme Court cases. In addition, there is expanded treatment of recent family law issues, including: interstate dissolution, child custody, adoption and same-sex couples. This edition continues the tradition of organizing the teaching of conflicts around the broad themes reflected in different intellectual approaches to the problem.
One of the better law school textbooks! Written with an eye for only including cases and material that is necessary, it laws out the doctrines and cases in a logical and clear progression.