Patrick Borchers, JD

Department

Law

Position

Professor

Books

• Localisation of damage in private international law
  Borchers Patrick, The role of the locus of damages in tort jurisdiction and choice of law in the United States [Book Chapter] 2025
• Hay Peter, Borchers Patrick J., Freer Richard D., Conflict of laws 2021
• Borchers Patrick J., Conflicts in a nutshell 2020
• Borchers Patrick J., Conflicts in a nutshell 2016
• Jurisdiction and private international law 2014
• Jurisdiction and Private International Law
  Borchers Patrick J., Introduction [Book Chapter] 2014
• Hay Peter, Weintraub Russell J., Borchers Patrick J., Conflict of laws 2013
• Hay Peter, Weintraub Russell J., Borchers Patrick J., Comparative conflict of laws 2009
• Hay Peter, Weintraub Russell J., Borchers Patrick J., Conflict of laws 2009
• Borchers Patrick J., Kelly Michael J., Witmer Richard C., Moreno Erika, Pearlstein Arthur, Report on the resolution of outstanding property claims between Cuba and the United States 2007
• Borchers Patrick J., Middle ground? 2007
• Siegel David D., Borchers Patrick J., Conflicts in a nutshell 2005
• Balancing of Interests: Liber Amicorum Peter Hay zum 70. Geburtstag
  Borchers Patrick J., Flexibility and predictability [Book Chapter] 2005
• Scoles Eugene, F., Borchers Patrick J., Symeonides Symeon C., Hay Peter, Conflict of laws 2004
• Hay Peter, Weintraub Russell J., Borchers Patrick J., Conflict of laws 2004
• Marriage and Same-Sex Unions: A Debate
  Borchers Patrick J., Interstate recognition of non-traditional marriages [Book Chapter] 2003
• Manual for Administrative Law Judges and Hearing Officers
  Borchers Patrick J., Introduction to administrative law [Book Chapter] 2002
• International Conflict of Laws for the Third Millennium: Essays in Honor of Friedrich K. Juenger
  Borchers Patrick J., A look forward, a look back [Book Chapter] 2001
• Hay Peter, Weintraub Russell J., Borchers Patrick J., Conflict of laws 2000
• Hay Peter, Borchers Patrick J., Weintraub Russell J., Conflict of laws [Book Chapter] 1999
• Hay Peter, Borchers Patrick J., Weintraub Russell J., Conflict of laws [Book Chapter] 1998
• Borchers Patrick J., Markell David L., New York State administrative procedure and practice 1998
• General Practice in New York
  Borchers Patrick J., Markell David L., Administrative law [Book Chapter] 1998
• Borchers Patrick J., Markell David L., New York State administrative procedure and practice 1995
• Scoles Eugene F., Hay Peter, Borchers Patrick J., Conflict of laws [Book Chapter] 1995
• Introduction to transnational legal transactions
  Borchers Patrick J., The triumph of substance over rules of choice in international commercial transactions [Book Chapter] 1995

Articles

• Creighton University Magazine
  Borchers Patrick J., Property rights in Cuba
  31:1, p. 55 - 2015
• Cuban Affairs
  Witmer Richard C., Moreno Erika, Borchers Patrick J., Kelly Michael J., A proposed property claims settlement mechanism for the United States and Cuba
  2, p. 1 - 11 2007
• Nebraska Lawyer
  Borchers Patrick J., Testimony of Dean Patrick J. Borchers regarding LB 841, p. 29 - 2003
• Government Law and Policy Journal
  Borchers Patrick J., The strange attack on administrative rules, p. 42 - 43 2000
• Construction Business Review
  Borchers Patrick J., MBE preference programs in public contracts
  1:2, p. 21 - 23 1991
• Borchers Patrick J., Region VII 1988

Publications

• Emory international law review
  Borchers Patrick, Prof. Peter Hay
  39:3, p. 937 - 946 2025
• Creighton Law Review
  Borchers Patrick, Look both ways before you cross the tracks
  57:1, p. 1 - 20 2023
• Tennessee Law Review
  Borchers Patrick Joseph, Legal philosophy for lawyers in the age of a political Supreme Court
  90:2, p. 223 - 297 2023
• Emory Law Journal Online
  Borchers Patrick J., Freer Richard D., Arthur Thomas C., Ford Motor Company v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court
  71, p. 1 - 28 2021
• Cumberland Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., Kiobel's 'Touch and concern' text in the Eleventh Circuit (and elsewhere) and a new paradigm for the extraterritorial application of U.S. law
  50:2, p. 259 - 283 2020
• Florida Law Review Forum
  Borchers Patrick J., The muddy-booted, disingenuous revolution in personal jurisdiction
  70, p. 21 - 30 2018
• Creighton Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., Is the Supreme Court really going to regulate choice of law involving states?
  50:1, p. 7 - 18 2016
• Creighton Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., An essay on predictability in choice-of-law doctrine and implications for a Third Conflicts Restatement
  49:3, p. 495 - 505 2016
• Borchers Patrick J., Nebraska and the National Popular Vote Compact 2015
• Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law
  Borchers Patrick J., One step forward and two back
  31:1, p. 1 - 20 2014
• Borchers Patrick J., Kiobel and the conflict of laws 2013
• UC Irvine Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., Conflict-of-laws considerations in state court human rights actions
  3:1, p. 45 - 61 2013
• International Journal of Procedural Law
  Borchers Patrick J., Personal jurisdiction over foreign companies
  3:1, p. 5 - 21 2013
• Creighton Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., J. McIntyre Machinery, Goodyear, and the incoherence of the minimum contacts test
  44:4, p. 1245 - 1276 2011
• Louisiana Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., Punitive damages, forum shopping, and the conflict of laws
  70:2, p. 529 - 555 2010
• Creighton Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., Foreword to the Shady Grove opinions
  44:1, p. 1 - 5 2010
• Creighton Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., The real risk of forum shopping: A dissent from Shady Grove
  44:1, p. 29 - 41 2010
• Creighton Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., The conflict of laws and Boumediene v. Bush
  42:1, p. 1 - 27 2008
• Tulane Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., Categorical exceptions to party autonomy in private international law
  72:5, p. 1645 - 1661 2008
• Creighton Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., Kelly Michael J., Moreno Erika, Witmer Richard C., Wunsch James S., Pearlstein Arthur, Executive summary
  41:2, p. 207 - 218 2008
• Creighton Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., Nebraska choice of law
  39:1, p. 1 - 28 2005
• Creighton Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., The essential irrelevance of the full faith and credit clause to the same-sex marriage debate
  38:2, p. 353 - 363 2005
• Creighton law review
  Borchers Patrick J, Tribute to Dean Lawrence Raful
  37:4, p. 829 - 2004
• Northwestern University Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., Internet libel
  98:2, p. 473 - 492 2004
• Netherlands International Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., Tort and contract jurisdiction via the Internet
  50:3, p. 401 - 418 2003
• Borchers Patrick J., The least dangerous branch 2003
• University of Toledo Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., Budgets
  35:1, p. 19 - 22 2003
• Texas International Law Journal
  Borchers Patrick J., The incredible shrinking Hague Evidence Convention
  38:1, p. 73 - 85 2003
• Creighton law review
  Borchers Patrick J, Tribute to Professor Barbara Green
  35:1, p. 1 - 2001
• Borchers Patrick J., Zekoll Joachim, International conflict of laws for the third millennium 2001
• University of Chicago Legal Forum
  Borchers Patrick J., The problem with general jurisdiction
  2001, p. 119 - 139 2001
• Brandeis Law Journal
  Borchers Patrick J., Choice of law in federal courts
  38:2, p. 159 - 165 2000
• Indiana Law Journal
  Borchers Patrick J., Empiricism and theory in conflicts law
  75:2, p. 509 - 510 2000
• Louisiana Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., Louisiana's conflicts codification
  60:4, p. 1061 - 1070 2000
• Syracuse Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., Conflict of laws
  49:2, p. 333 - 356 1999
• Creighton Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., Baker v. General Motors
  32:1, p. 147 - 185 1998
• Brooklyn Journal of International Law
  Borchers Patrick J., A few little issues for the Hague judgments negotiations
  24:1, p. 157 - 166 1998
• American Journal of Comparative Law Supplement
  Borchers Patrick J., Choice of law relative to security interests and other liens in international bankruptcies
  46, p. 165 - 195 1998
• Albany Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., Judgments conventions and minimum contacts
  61:4, p. 1161 - 1176 1998
• Borchers Patrick J., Book review of International forum selection 1996
• Borchers Patrick J., Conflict of law 1996
• Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
  Borchers Patrick J., The internationalization of contractual conflicts law
  28:3, p. 421 - 486 1995
• Albany Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., The return of territorialism to New York's conflicts law
  58:3, p. 775 - 787 1995
• U.C. Davis Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., Jurisdictional pragmatism
  28:3, p. 561 - 590 1995
• U.C. Davis Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., Pennoyer's limited legacy
  29:1, p. 115 - 165 1995
• American Journal of Comparative Law
  Borchers Patrick J., Choice of law in the American courts in 1992
  42:1, p. 125 - 146 1994
• Texas Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., The origins of diversity jurisdiction, the rise of legal positivism, and a brave new world for Erie and Klaxon
  72:1, p. 79 - 133 1993
• Washington and Lee Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., The choice-of-law revolution
  49, p. 357 - 384 1992
• Washington Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., Forum selection agreements in the federal courts after Carnival Cruise
  67:1, p. 55 - 111 1992
• U.C. Davis Law Review
  Borchers Patrick J., The death of the constitutional law of personal jurisdiction
  24:1, p. 19 - 105 1990
• Pacific Law Journal
  Borchers Patrick J., California local initiatives and referenda
  21:1, p. 119 - 145 1989

Awards

• Elected to the Order of the Coif and American Law Institute
  Phi Beta Kappa
• Elected
  Order of the Coif
• Elected
  American Law Institute
• Winner
  ABA Section on Administrative Law and Regulatory Policy’s Award for Scholarship
• Managing Editor
  U.C. Davis Law Review

Consulting

• Internationally recognized expert in private international law and arbitration
  2016 - 2016