Louise Ellen Teitz | July 28, 2017 | Children and the Law, Conflict of Laws, U.S. Foreign Relations Law
INTRODUCTION Treating internal U.S. conflicts and international conflicts law the same, without distinguishing between them, has always puzzled non-U.S. lawyers and scholars. Europeans often do not understand how we can treat transnational choice of law decisions as...
William S. Dodge | June 13, 2017 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
This essay for the Yearbook of Private International Law discusses the draft Fourth Restatement of Foreign Relations Law on the topic of jurisdiction. The essay describes the Fourth Restatement’s division of jurisdiction into the three categories of jurisdiction to...
Jennifer Morinigo | May 22, 2017 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
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. New content reviewed and...
Jennifer Morinigo | May 22, 2017 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
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...
Jennifer Morinigo | May 22, 2017 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
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.* Next on the agenda are the Jurisdiction and Sovereign...
Pauline Toboulidis | May 3, 2017 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
In a decision delivered by Justice Stephen Breyer, the Supreme Court of the United States quoted Reporters’ Note 12 to § 455 (Tentative Draft No. 2, 2016) of the U.S. Foreign Relations (Sovereign Immunity) Restatement, as well as two Sections of the Restatement of the...
