At the invitation of The American Law Institute, a group whose members span a range of legal and political views met to consider the way forward on ECA reform. We came to agree on the following principles, distilled from a longer treatment, which could provide a path to bipartisan reform.
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Maryland Court of Appeals Adopts Section of Torts 3d: Liability for Economic Harm
by The American Law Institute | Oct 22, 2020 | Torts: Economic Harm
In Barclay v. Castruccio, 230 A.3d 80 (Md. 2020), the Court of Appeals of Maryland decided to recognize the tort of intentional interference with a prospective inheritance or gift, and to adopt the standards for that tort as set forth in Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Liability for Economic Harm § 19.
Modification of Long Term Prison Sentences
by The American Law Institute | Mar 27, 2019 | Sentencing
Below is the Black Letter from the Proposed Final Draft of Model Penal Code: Sentencing, which was approved at the 2017 Annual Meeting. The project Reporters are now preparing the Institute’s official text for publication. The Reporters are authorized to correct and update citations and other references, to make editorial and stylistic improvements, and to implement any remaining substantive changes agreed to during discussion with the membership or by motions approved at the Annual Meetings. When published the Sections are being reorganized, Section 305.6 will become Section 11.02, and it will appear in an Appendix titled, “Principles for Legislations.”
Legislative Recommendations (excerpt of the Revised Style Manual approved by the ALI Council in January 2015)
by The American Law Institute | Nov 30, 2017 | Inside The ALI
Model or uniform codes or statutes and other statutory proposals are addressed mainly to legislatures, with a view toward legislative enactment. a. Nature of Model Codes. Unlike its Restatements, the Institute’s legislative recommendations are written with a view...
Principles (excerpt of the Revised Style Manual approved by the ALI Council in January 2015)
by The American Law Institute | Nov 1, 2017 | Inside The ALI
Principles are primarily addressed to legislatures, administrative agencies, or private actors. They can, however, be addressed to courts when an area is so new that there is little established law. Principles may suggest best practices for these institutions. a. The...
Restatements (excerpt of the Revised Style Manual approved by the ALI Council in January 2015)
by The American Law Institute | Oct 30, 2017 | Inside The ALI
1. Restatements are primarily addressed to courts. They aim at clear formulations of common law and its statutory elements or variations and reflect the law as it presently stands or might appropriately be stated by a court. a. Nature of a Restatement.Webster’s Third...