Joseph William Singer (Harvard Law School): Conflict of Abortion Laws
Aktuelle Forschung im Internationalen Privatrecht
- Datum: 07.01.2025
- Uhrzeit: 16:00
- Ort: Online-Veranstaltung
About the speaker:
Joseph William Singer is the Bussey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He has written extensively about conflict of laws, property law, and federal Indian law. The second edition of his book, Choice of Law: An Experiential Learning Approach (Carolina Academic Press, 2025) is forthcoming in 2025.
About the topic:
With the abolition of the constitutional abortion right in the United States come huge differences among the laws of the states, and that leads to questions about which state law applies when a person from an anti-abortion state travels to a pro-choice state to get an abortion. Can anti-abortion states apply their regulatory and tort regimes to their own residents who leave the state to obtain an abortion? Can they empower residents to sue abortion providers in other states to protect what they view as the “unborn child”? Can pro-choice states confer immunity from suit on abortion providers and on people who get abortions from suits filed in anti-abortion states? Does the United States Constitution limit the power of anti-abortion states to apply their laws in an extraterritorial manner, and, if not, how should courts revolve conflicts of law (private international law) questions about abortion?
Zur Vortragsreihe:
Die Veranstaltungsreihe „Aktuelle Forschung im Internationalen Privatrecht“ wird von Ralf Michaels und Philomena Hindermann organisiert. Gastreferent*innen und Mitarbeiter*innen des Instituts stellen hier ihre Arbeit zu aktuellen Forschungsfragen und Entwicklungen im Internationalen Privatrecht zur Diskussion. Die Workshops richten sich an Wissenschaftler*innen, die zum Internationalen Privatrecht forschen und sind gleichzeitig offen für alle Interessierten aus dem akademischen Kontext (Doktorand*innen und Student*innen eingeschlossen).
Joseph William Singer is the Bussey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He has written extensively about conflict of laws, property law, and federal Indian law. The second edition of his book, Choice of Law: An Experiential Learning Approach (Carolina Academic Press, 2025) is forthcoming in 2025.
About the topic:
With the abolition of the constitutional abortion right in the United States come huge differences among the laws of the states, and that leads to questions about which state law applies when a person from an anti-abortion state travels to a pro-choice state to get an abortion. Can anti-abortion states apply their regulatory and tort regimes to their own residents who leave the state to obtain an abortion? Can they empower residents to sue abortion providers in other states to protect what they view as the “unborn child”? Can pro-choice states confer immunity from suit on abortion providers and on people who get abortions from suits filed in anti-abortion states? Does the United States Constitution limit the power of anti-abortion states to apply their laws in an extraterritorial manner, and, if not, how should courts revolve conflicts of law (private international law) questions about abortion?
Zur Vortragsreihe:
Die Veranstaltungsreihe „Aktuelle Forschung im Internationalen Privatrecht“ wird von Ralf Michaels und Philomena Hindermann organisiert. Gastreferent*innen und Mitarbeiter*innen des Instituts stellen hier ihre Arbeit zu aktuellen Forschungsfragen und Entwicklungen im Internationalen Privatrecht zur Diskussion. Die Workshops richten sich an Wissenschaftler*innen, die zum Internationalen Privatrecht forschen und sind gleichzeitig offen für alle Interessierten aus dem akademischen Kontext (Doktorand*innen und Student*innen eingeschlossen).