Principles of the Law, Student Sexual Misconduct: Procedural Frameworks for Colleges and Universities will be presented for discussion at ALI’s 95th Annual Meeting. Below is the Introductory Note included in the draft.
Jennifer Morinigo Posts
Plain Meaning and Ambiguous Terms
by Jennifer Morinigo | May 3, 2018 | Liability Insurance
Since the 2017 Annual Meeting, many changes have been made to the Liability Insurance project draft. Sections 3 and 4, The Plain-Meaning Rule and Ambiguous Terms, have both been significantly revised to reflect the decision to adopt a plain meaning rule.
Rights of a Juvenile in Custody; Definition of Custody
by Jennifer Morinigo | May 1, 2018 | Children and the Law
Part III of the Children and the Law project deals with juvenile justice doctrine. In this area, modern courts increasingly have focused on differences between juvenile and adult offenders, often invoking research on adolescent development to guide legal decisionmaking. As the Introduction to this Part indicates, the Supreme Court has played an important role in promoting this developmental approach; in several opinions, the Court has determined that the immaturity of adolescents should inform the justice system response to juvenile offending.
Tribal Powers over Nonmembers – Part 2
by Jennifer Morinigo | Apr 30, 2018 | American Indian Law
This is the second post that presents the Sections from the 2018 American Indian Law Annual Meeting draft that deals with tribal powers over nonmembers. The previous post presented the Black Letter and Comments from § 34, Civil Regulatory and Adjudicatory Authority over Nonmembers.
Allocation in Long-Tail Harm Claims Covered by Occurrence-Based Policies
by Jennifer Morinigo | Apr 25, 2018 | Liability Insurance
In the video below, Liability Insurance project Reporter Kyle Logue discusses Long Tail Claims, and the issues surrounding them. Included below the video is the Black Letter and Comment from the 2018 Annual Meeting draft.
False Imprisonment: What Constitutes a Confinement and Confinement by Assertion of Legal Authority?
by Jennifer Morinigo | Apr 23, 2018 | Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
In this video, project Reporters Ken Simons and Jonathan Cardi discuss what makes a confinement an intentional tort, including confinement by assertion of legal authority.
Parental Authority and Responsibility for Medical Care
by Jennifer Morinigo | Apr 20, 2018 | Children and the Law
Two Sections from the 2018 Annual Meeting draft deal with this topic. Black letter for each Section is included below. The full draft contains Comments (with Illustrations) and Reporters’ Notes.
Tribal Powers over Nonmembers – Part 1
by Jennifer Morinigo | Apr 17, 2018 | American Indian Law
In the American Indian Law project draft that will be presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting, two Sections deal with tribal powers over nonmembers – § 34, Civil Regulatory and Adjudicatory Authority over Nonmembers and § 35, Tribal-Court Exhaustion Rule. This is the first of two posts that present the Black Letter and Comments from the draft.
Project Spotlight: Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance
by Jennifer Morinigo | Apr 10, 2018 | Liability Insurance
This feature takes a detailed look at the life of an ALI project, examining the process through the lens of the Liability Insurance Restatement.
N.J. Legislation Follows Foreign Relations Law Restatement on Judgments
by Jennifer Morinigo | Mar 1, 2018 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
Signed into law in January, the new law relates to foreign judgments (except for taxes, fines, or domestic relations) and protects against monetary judgments entered in nations whose courts fail to provide due process.