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The advantages to be derived from a comparative study of the Bustamante code on private international law and the ALI's restatement 0f the law of conflict of laws. William Draper Lewis speech from the proceedings of the 8th scientific congress. [1] (1943)

handle is hein.ali/hrbor605617 and id is 1 raw text is: j THE ADVANTAGES TO BE DERIVED FROM A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE BUSTAMANTE CODE ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE'S RESTATE- MENT OF THE' LAW' OF CONFLICT OF LAWS Wu i DRAPn Lzwis Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Director, A4mercan Law Institute I was glad to accept the suggestion that I should address this S ction of the Congress on this matter because I am much interested, and I know this interest is shared by many members of the American Law Institute, in two things: (1) The increase of the knowledge in this country of what we common-law lawyers, speak of as the civil law of Latin American countries; and (2) the in- crease ofthe knowledge in other countries of the Western Hemisphere of the law of the United States. *As- regards the best plan by which this increase in our. mutual knowledge of each other's law may at present best be promoted, I express no opinion except to say that I hope the work of this Section of the Congress will include a recom- mendation that the governments of our respective countries appoint representa- tives to a committee charged with reporting a definite plan designed to promote a greater understanding among the people of the Western Hemisphere of each other's laws and legal institutions. The field of law in which, I submit, a mutual knowledge in one country of the laws of another has a special value is the field which we in the United States generally call Conflict of Laws, although it is universally spoken of in other countries and often in this country as private international law. I need not'emphasize the importance of mutual knowledge in this field. It is that field of private law which directly affects business and personal relations between pers6ns in different states. The Bustamante Code and the American Law Insti- tute's Restatement of the Law of Conflict of Laws express in varying degrees respectively the law on this subject of the Latin American countries and the United States. I say express in varying degrees because the Bustamante Code and the Institute's Restatement vary from each other not only in the legal rules stated, but in purpose, scope, and form. I shall leave to others here far better qualified than I am the explanation of the origin and character of the Busta-

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