Abstract
After a hiatus of four years, the Conflict of Laws Survey article is back. This Article does not try to make up for lost ground, instead focusing on activity during the last Survey period, from October 1, 1997 through September 30, 1998. And, in keeping with the spirit of a general survey, this Article devotes textual discussion only to those developments that appreciably add to, or detract from, understanding of Texas conflicts law, or otherwise merit the reader's attention. Other not-so-noteworthy developments are either relegated to the footnotes or omitted altogether.
As in the past, we cover the following topics: choice of law, personal jurisdiction, forum non conveniens, and enforcement of foreign judgments. Some collateral issues within each topic may be more completely covered elsewhere in this volume. For example, while we cover personal jurisdiction, the Civil Procedure Survey article examines the practice of special appearances. When another Survey article handles a particular subject, we try to point the reader in that direction.