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CONTENTS

COLLOQUY ON CONFLICTS

ON CHOICE OF LAW AND THE GREAT QUEST: A CRITIQUE

OF SPECIAL MULTISTATE SOLUTIONS TO CHOICE-OF-

LAW PROBLEMS ................. Robert Allen Sedler 807

A COMMENT ON TWERSKI AND MAYER: A PRAGMATIC STEP

TOWARDS CONSENSUS AS A BASIS FOR CHOICE-OF-LAW

SOLUTIONS .................. Donald T. Trautman 833

MULTISTATE CHOICE-OF-LAW RULES: CONTINUING THE

COLLOQUY WITH PROFESSORS TRAUTAN AND SEDLER

.............. Aaron D. Twerski and Renee G. Mayer 843

NOTES

CLASS ACTION IN A PRODUCTS LIABILITY CONTEXT: THE

PREDOMINATION REQUIREMENT AND CAUSE-IN-FACT .. 859

MONELL V. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES: ONE STEP

FORWARD AND A HALF STEP BACK FOR MUNICIPAL

LIABILrY UNDER SECTION 1983 ................... 893

No SQUEEZING, No CORNERING: SOME RULES FOR COM-

MODITY EXCHANGES .. ............................. 923

THE EVOLUTION OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S POWER TO

INVESTIGATE CIVIL VIOLATIONS OF THE ANTITRUST

LAWS .............................................. 953

TAXATION OF BOOT DISTRIBUTIONS: A RETURN TO

BEDFORD?........................................... 987

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