Conflict of laws signifies the difference between the laws of two or more jurisdictions that are applicable to a dispute in question the results of the case depend upon the selection of the law to resolve the dispute the conflict can be between federal and state laws among the state laws themselves or between the laws of different countries. Canada conflict of laws overview stikeman elliott llp conflict of laws general each province and territory in canada has its own set of rules for determining when it will apply the laws of another jurisdiction or hear disputes connected with another jurisdiction the rules are found partly in statutes or in quebec the civil code and partly in case law the rules of the common . Exclusion of conflict of laws principles clarifies that the parties intend that the governing law expressly indicated in the contract is to apply the phrase without regard to conflict of law principles may be glossed over by a contracting party. Statutes on the conflict of laws provides students with the principal current eu and uk legislation encountered in the study of private international law in one clear and easy to use volume the legislation is not annotated enabling the book to be used in examinations. Mississippi has adopted the center of gravity or the significant relationship test found in the restatement second of conflict of laws under the center of gravity test the relevant sections of the restatement second of conflict of laws are sections 145 and 175 section 145 speaks to torts generally and states