John C.P. Goldberg, Henry E. Smith and Pauline Toboulidis | April 16, 2021 | Property
The following entry is excerpted from Tentative Draft No. 2 for Restatement of the Law Fourth, Property. Included below is the Topic Note to Trespass to Land, Generally; § 1.5. Intent Required for Trespass to Land, and Comment b. to § 1.5. The full draft contains...
John C.P. Goldberg and Henry E. Smith | April 14, 2021 | Property
In the below video, Henry E. Smith and John C.P. Goldberg discuss the connection property torts has to both Restatements of Torts and Property. Smith and Goldberg serve as Reporter and Associate Reporter, respectively, for the Restatement of the Law Fourth, Property....
Henry E. Smith, Thomas W. Merrill, John C.P. Goldberg and Christopher M. Newman | May 20, 2020 | Property
In this video summary, project Reporter Henry E. Smith is joined by Associate Reporters John C.P. Goldberg, Thomas W. Merrill, and Christopher M. Newman to provide an overview of this year’s Tentative Draft No. 1. The video discusses the overall goals of the project...
Henry E. Smith | March 21, 2019 | Property
AbstractProperty law has proven difficult to restate, with none of The American Law Institute’s previous Restatements coming close to covering the full breadth of this area. In addition to trying to fill this gap, those working on the current Fourth Restatement aim to...
Henry E. Smith | October 11, 2017 | Property
“Restatement Fourth of Property” sounds like an exercise in excess. It isn’t. It is true that there have been three rounds of previous Restatements of Property that have contributed greatly to the development of the law. And it is also the case that property law...
