NYT Op-Ed on MPC: Sexual Assault Project
Published in June 2016, an op-ed piece featured in The New York Times highlights ALI’s continuing work on the Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offenses project, specifically, its preliminary proposal to allow intoxication to lessen culpability. This article comes in the wake of the recent California sexual assault case against former Stanford University student, Brock Turner.
Panel Addresses Campus Assault
The ABA presented a panel titled “Sexual Assault on College Campuses: Balancing the Rights and Interests of the Accused and the Victim” at its Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
Liability Insurance in Rutgers Law Review
Rutgers Law School dedicated its Fall 2015 Law Review to the discussion of the Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance project. The issue, which includes several pieces contributed by ALI members, was drafted in follow-up to a conference held at Rutgers Law School.
The American Law Institute and The Bluebook
Linking these two iconic institutions in American law might seem strange at first glance. As we all know, the ALI is the most prominent law reform organization in the United States. Its charter states that it was established “to promote the clarification and simplification of the law.” The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation is the bane of every law review editor’s existence and the most important force in promoting consistency in legal citations.
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