Election Administration Principles Approved
Approval of the Draft marks the completion of this Principles project.
U.S. Foreign Relations Law, Sovereign Immunity Approved
At ALI’s Annual Meeting on Monday, May 22, members voted to approve the drafts for the Jurisdiction, Sovereign Immunity, and Treaties portions of the Foreign Relations Law Restatement. This completes these three portions of the project.
U.S. Foreign Relations Law, Jurisdiction Approved
At ALI’s Annual Meeting on Monday, May 22, members voted to approve the Tentative Draft No. 3 of the Jurisdiction portion of the Foreign Relations Law Restatement. New content reviewed and approved at this meeting includes the following in the Jurisdiction draft.
U.S. Foreign Relations Law, Treaties Approved
At ALI’s Annual Meeting on Monday, May 22, members voted to approve the Tentative Draft No. 2 of the Treaties portion of the Foreign Relations Law Restatement. New content reviewed and approved at this meeting includes the following in the Treaties draft.
Why Criticism Of ALI’s Insurance Restatement Is Valid
The saga of the proposed Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance of the American Law Institute continued to unfold recently with the publication by the Restatement’s authors, professors Tom Baker and Kyle Logue, of their rebuttal to an article by professor George Priest critical of the proposed Restatement.
In Defense of the Restatement of Liability Insurance Law
In a recent essay funded by the insurance industry, Yale Law Professor George Priest launched a strident critique of the Restatement project, arguing that the rules adopted in the Restatement (a) are radically contrary to existing case law, (b) have a naïve “pro-policyholder” bias that ignores basic economic insights regarding how insurance works, and (c) will, as a result of (a) and (b), lead to increases in liability insurance premiums and disruption in coverage, to the detriment of individuals and firms that need liability insurance. This essay argues that each of these claims is false.
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