H. Mark Stichel | August 12, 2019 | Inside The ALI
The American Law Institute was founded in 1923. Since then, the ALI has promulgated Restatements of the Law in several subjects and other influential works such as the Model Penal Code and the Uniform Commercial Code, a joint venture with the Uniform Law Commission. ...
Richard L. Revesz | August 9, 2019 | Inside The ALI
In the past few years, we frequently have seen the charge that the ALI’s mission is to state what the law “is,” rather than what the Institute thinks the law “ought to be,” and that we recently have strayed from this mission and should right the ship. This charge most...
Jennifer Morinigo | July 19, 2019 | Inside The ALI
The American Law Institute was selected to be profiled by Visionaries in its 23rd season. Visionaries is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to producing and distributing media that inspires individuals and communities to take action for positive social...
Norman L. Greene | June 25, 2019 | Inside The ALI
The below is the introduction from an article originally featured in Volume 62, Issue 2, Winter 2019 edition of Howard Law Journal. The full article is available here (starting on page 191 of this pdf, which is page 511 of the complete journal).The American Law...
Megan Dingley | April 4, 2019 | Inside The ALI
Two U.S. Courts of Appeals recently cited the Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: the First Circuit cited the Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Products Liability § 4 and the Seventh Circuit cited Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Liability for Physical and...
Richard L. Revesz | April 3, 2019 | Inside The ALI, Torts: Defamation and Privacy, Torts: Miscellaneous Provisions, Torts: Remedies
At its January meeting, the Council approved the launch of the final three components of the Restatement Third of Torts. The projects tentatively are titled: Remedies; Defamation and Privacy; and Concluding Provisions. With these projects, the ALI aims to complete an...