3.3 Characterization/Classification

The problem: the issue's LABEL — which category? (the question: is the claim "procedure" or "substance"? "capacity" or "form"? — the different labels → the different conflict rules → the different laws); The characterization's law (the classic question): the lex fori (the court's own categories — the dominant rule (the court thinks in its own concepts)); the alternatives (the lex causae (the rule's own law); the comparative-and-analytical faces); The examples' craft: the succession's question characterised as the property-vs-family (the different outcomes); the procedure-substance line (Unit 4.1's core).