Stephanie A. Middleton | November 6, 2017 | Sexual Assault
ALI’s Sexual Assault project will update the Sexual Offenses provisions in Article 213 of the 1962 Model Penal Code. The project will define and grade offenses based on the act—what a person does—and the person’s culpability or mental state. In order to understand the...
Pauline Toboulidis | August 22, 2017 | Sentencing
Model Penal Code: Sentencing Reporters have updated the black letter text of the Proposed Final Draft. When any ALI project is approved at an Annual Meeting, Reporters will update the draft and make editorial changes that were directed or agreed to by the Council or...
Erin E. Murphy and Stephen J. Schulhofer | May 4, 2017 | Sexual Assault
The present Draft places Forcible Rape (Section 213.1) at two levels for grading purposes. The base offense is graded as a felony of the second degree, with an enhancement to a first-degree felony upon proof of any one of three aggravating circumstances. Section...
Florencia Marotta-Wurgler, Omri Ben-Shahar and Oren Bar-Gill | April 27, 2017 | Consumer Contracts
This post is a presentation of information found in the Discussion Draft of the Consumer Contracts project. This will be presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting for discussion only. Section 2, Adoption of Standard Contract Terms, is based on three fundamental...
Cecelia M. Klingele and Kevin Reitz | April 25, 2017 | Sentencing
This post is a presentation of information found in the Proposed Final Draft of the Sentencing project. Please also consider reading Part 1: Sentencing Guidelines. This provision, new to the Code, provides assurance that convicted individuals are made aware of the...