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...
Kyle D. Logue and Tom Baker | April 20, 2017 | Liability Insurance
As a follow up to our post on the Council Draft text of this section, we now present the test from the Proposed Final Draft of Section § 24 – The Insurer’s Duty to Make Reasonable Settlement Decisions. The Black Letter and Comment were modified from what...
