Restatement of the Law, Intentional Torts to Persons Now Available
This latest publication is part of the Restatement Third, Torts, series that when complete will supersede Restatement Second, Torts. This volume updates coverage of physical and emotional harm to persons, with a focus on assault, battery, false imprisonment, including...
Insurability and Liability for AI-Caused Harms
The opacity of AI decision-making has led many tort scholars to conclude that ordinarily it will be infeasible to prove negligence or defect-based forms of products liability for AI-caused harms. According to mainstream tort theory, this evidentiary hurdle justifies strict enterprise liability for commercial AI distributors. Fully internalizing injury costs within these business enterprises adequately incentivizes them to adopt reasonably safe practices while relying on their liability insurance policies to efficiently and fairly compensate accident victims. Mainstream theory, however, decisively biases the analysis in favor of strict enterprise liability by not accounting for how the expansion of liability would substantially increase the cost of compensating injuries through insurance mechanisms.
Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Remedies Is Approved
At its 2026 Annual Meeting, members of The American Law Institute approved Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Remedies, marking the completion of the drafting phase of a major component of the Institute’s decades-long effort to reflect the development of tort law across American courts.
Annual Meeting Spotlight on The Foreign Relations Law of the United States
Project Reporters discuss how the Restatement Fourth of Foreign Relations Law of the United States addresses diplomatic immunity, executive agreements, and the evolving role of international law in the U.S. legal system.
Alito Dissent Cites Restatement 2d of Conflicts of Law
In Hencely v. Fluor Corp., Justice Alito wrote a dissent citing Restatement of the Law Second, Conflict of Laws § 145, which discusses choice of law in torts.
Intentional Torts to Persons Is Now Available
Now available for purchase on LexisNexis.
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