Practice question
Explain lex loci contractus using IPAMS's overseas-employment example where the contract was made in the Philippines without an express foreign-law stipulation. Must every conflict issue in every contract be reduced to that one fact?
Legal references
- IPAMS v. De Vera, G.R.205703, March7 2016, main decision, contractual choice of law and lex loci contractus; https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/61749
- Civil Code Articles17 and1306; https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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