Sec. 52-163a. Determination of the law of jurisdictions outside this state. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 52-163a. Determination of the law of jurisdictions outside this state. (a) In determining the law of any jurisdiction or governmental unit thereof outside this state, the court may consider any relevant material or source, including testimony, whether or not submitted by a party or admissible under the rules of evidence.

      (b) The court, not the jury, shall determine the law of any jurisdiction or governmental unit thereof outside this state. Its determination is subject to review on appeal as a ruling on a question of law.

      (P.A. 90-19, S. 1.)

      Annotations to former section 51-32:

      Court need not take judicial notice of law of foreign jurisdiction under this section or section 52-163 or 52-164, unless authoritative sources of the foreign law, subject to inspection or verification by opposing counsel, are made available to the court by reference or otherwise, under the usual rules for judicial notice. 152 C. 475. The court need not take judicial notice of the law of a foreign jurisdiction unless authoritative sources of the foreign law are made available to the court. 165 C. 777.

      Cited. 2 CA 315.

      Cited. 27 CS 514.

      Where parties have not established what applicable New York law is with respect to contract damages, court assumed that law is same as Connecticut law. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 629. Cited. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 539.