October 2023 Council Meeting Updates

Jennifer Morinigo | October 25, 2023 | Children and the Law, Inside The ALI, Property, Torts: Miscellaneous Provisions

At its meeting on October 19 and 20, 2023, the ALI Council reviewed and discussed Council Drafts of the following projects and approved drafts and portions of drafts as listed below.* Children and the Law The Council approved Council Draft No. 9 containing a general...

Symposium on ‘Concluding the Restatement (Third) of Torts’

Madison Bessho | March 23, 2023 | Inside The ALI

The Southwestern Law Review and Southwestern’s Panish Civil Justice Program are co-sponsoring a symposium with The American Law Institute titled Concluding the Restatement (Third) of Torts.   From the event’s description:  The Southwestern Law Review and...

January 2023 Council Meeting Updates

Pauline Toboulidis | January 25, 2023 | Conflict of Laws, Copyright, Inside The ALI, Property, Torts: Miscellaneous Provisions, Torts: Remedies

At its meeting on January 19 and 20, 2023, the Council reviewed and discussed Council Drafts of five projects and approved drafts and portions of drafts as listed below.* Conflict of Laws The Council approved Council Draft No. 8, containing §§ 6.11-6.12 of Topic 2,...

Restating the Law in the Shadow of Codes: The ALI in Its Formative Era, in The American Law Institute at 100: A Centennial History

Deborah A. DeMott | January 12, 2023 | Inside The ALI

Below is the abstract for “Restating the Law in the Shadow of Codes: The ALI in Its Formative Era, in The American Law Institute at 100: A Centennial History,” available for download on SSRN. Written for a forthcoming book occasioned by the centennial anniversary of...

Conflict of Laws in the ALI’s First Century

Symeon C. Symeonides | December 28, 2022 | Conflict of Laws, Inside The ALI

Below is the abstract for “Conflict of Law in the ALI’s First Century” available for download on SSRN. This essay is part of a forthcoming book about the history of the American Law Institute (ALI), which will be published in 2023, one hundred years...

Two Important New Projects

Richard L. Revesz | November 28, 2022 | Inside The ALI

This Director’s Letter was originally published in the winter 2022 edition of The ALI Reporter. This is an exciting time at The American Law Institute. At its October meeting, the ALI Council voted to launch two new projects: Restatement of the Law,...