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SB 308 - This act specifies how the courts and administrative agencies may rule when a dispute involves other countries or their laws. This act provides that any court, arbitration, tribunal, or administrative agency ruling is void and unenforceable, if the ruling is based in any way on a foreign law, legal code, or system that would not grant the parties affected by the ruling the same rights as the United States and Missouri constitutions. The act also makes contracts that choose to apply a foreign law to contractual disputes or to have disputes settled in another country void and unenforceable in Missouri, if the foreign law or country would not grant the parties to the contract the same rights as the United States and Missouri constitutions. In some cases, a court may refuse to take jurisdiction over matters, where the court believes there is a more appropriate forum for the dispute. This act requires that the court hear the case in Missouri, if a state resident brings the case and if the court finds that refusing to hear the case in Missouri violates or would likely violate the rights of the person who brought the case. EMILY KALMER
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