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Applications to foundations in re: Ernst Rabel. [1] (1944)

handle is hein.ali/hrbor605610 and id is 1 raw text is: Statement Respecting . ,. The Comparative Study of Conflict of Laws by Dr. Ernst Rabel - V The wide gap in comparative law studies with respect to conflict of laws and the desirability of makin- conveniently available to the legal profession the solutions to particular conflicts problems reached in various countries, inspired the initiation, in 1959, of a comprehensive study of this important comparative law field under the auspices of the American Law Institute. At the time, the director of the Institute, LLr. william Draper Lewis, referring to this undertaking as monumental, stated: ItPublished as it would be in English, it would stimulate as nothing else a knowledge and interest in comparative law in this country besides being of great practical value to those merabers of our profession who have clients with interests abroad. (16 American Law Institute Proceedings 42) The distinguished European scholar employed for this study, Dr. Ernst Rabel, founder and until recently director of the Institut der Kaiser 17ilhelm Gesellschaft f'Ur auslandisches und internationales Privatrecht in 3erlin and judge ad hoc at the World Court, by virtue of his wide experience in eling with conflicts cases and his exceptional background in compara- tive legal research, is uniquely equipped to deal effectively with this subject of large international interest. At the suggestion of the director of the American Law institute, the University of M:ichigan Law School, moved by its interest in comparative legal studies, assumed respon- sibility for Dr. Rabel's work in March, 1942, subject to the conditions (1) that the Law School should be assigned all claims to the work which had been done, thus allowing Dr. Rabel to develop his research without necessarily following the plan of the Restatement, and (2) that the University's responsibility, in conformity to the retirement policy applicable to members of the staff, should not extend beyond the age of seventy. Accordingly, Dr. Rabel't stipend from the University will terminate as of January 31, 1944. The comparative study of conflict of laws under- taken by Dr. Rabel looks to the publication of a basic treatise in two volumes comprising a t6tal of 1000 to 1200 pages. The first volume, including a general introduction and covering -the important topics of status, marriage, divorce, fm.ily relations

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