Members of The American Law Institute voted this week to approve Tentative Draft No. 6 of Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons. The vote marks the completion of this project.
Jonathan Cardi Posts
Do Black Injuries Matter?: Implicit Bias and Jury Decision Making in Tort Cases
by Jonathan Cardi | Sep 1, 2020 | Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
This study is one of the first comprehensive experimental examinations of how race affects judgments of tort injuries.
Liability to Bystander for Intentional Tort or for Negligence
by Jonathan Cardi | Jul 16, 2020 | Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
The following entry contains the Black Letter of §§ 26 and 44 of Tentative Draft No. 5, Chapter 3. Privileges, from Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons.
Intentional Torts: Merchant’s Privilege
by Jonathan Cardi | May 19, 2020 | Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
The following entry contains the Black Letter and Comments a and b to § 37 of Tentative Draft No. 5, Chapter 3. Privileges, Topic 4. Arrest and Prevention or Termination of Crime, from Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons. The full draft contains additional Comments and Reporters’ Notes.
Reporters’ Guide to: Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
by Jonathan Cardi | May 11, 2020 | Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
In this video summary, Reporters Kenneth W. Simons and W. Jonathan Cardi walk through portions of Tentative Draft No. 5 (2020) of Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons, which contains Sections from Chapter 3, Privileges.
Intentional Torts: Defense of Actor’s Interest in Possession of Land and Personal Property
by Jonathan Cardi | May 6, 2020 | Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
The following entry contains the Scope Note and select Black Letter of Tentative Draft No. 5, Chapter 3. Privileges, Topic 3. Defense of Actor’s Interest in Possession of Land and Personal Property, from Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons. The full draft contains Comments and Reporters’ Notes.
Intentional Torts: Categories of Consent That Preclude Liability
by Jonathan Cardi | May 16, 2019 | Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
The following entry contains the Black Letter and Comments b, c, and d of Tentative Draft No. 4, Section 12. Categories of Consent That Preclude Liability.
Consent in Tort Law
by Jonathan Cardi | Apr 26, 2019 | Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
The following entry contains the Scope Note appearing at the beginning of Chapter 2 – Consent, featured in Tentative Draft No. 4 of Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons.
Restating the Intentional Torts to Persons: Seeing the Forest and the Trees
by Jonathan Cardi | Dec 6, 2018 | Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
The five thoughtful, incisive articles by Professors Bernstein, Chamallas, Geistfeld, Moore, and Sugarman offer a breathtaking range of perspectives on the Restatement, Third of Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons (“ITR”). Some view tort law from the widest vantage point, inquiring whether this forest deserves its own appellation or should instead be assimilated to the rest of tort’s greenery. Some focus more on the trees–on the distinct doctrines that characterize the torts and defenses that ITR is restating. In this response, we engage with the participants at both levels.
False Imprisonment: What Constitutes a Confinement and Confinement by Assertion of Legal Authority?
by Jonathan Cardi | Apr 23, 2018 | Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
In this video, project Reporters Ken Simons and Jonathan Cardi discuss what makes a confinement an intentional tort, including confinement by assertion of legal authority.