Project Reporters on “Consent”
In this video, Project Reporter Stephen Schulhofer and Associate Reporter Erin Murphy discuss the project and the complexity of defining consent.
ALI Reporters on the Historical Basis for the Trust Relationship between the US and Indian Children
In this recently published article, project Reporters Matthew Fletcher and Wenona Singel explore the history of the role of Indian children in the formation of the federal-tribal trust relationship. This piece comes as constitutional challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) are now pending. The Reporters conclude the historical record demonstrates the core of the federal-tribal trust relationship is the welfare of Indian children and their relationship to Indian nations.
Article Examines Sexual Assault Laws – Looks to Model Penal Code
An article in Reveal, a publication by The Center for Investigative Reporting, asserts that Mississippi and California sexual assault laws lag behind the other 48 states. The article states that the ALI Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offenses project may help solve this issue.
NYT Op-Ed on MPC: Sexual Assault Project
Published in June 2016, an op-ed piece featured in The New York Times highlights ALI’s continuing work on the Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offenses project, specifically, its preliminary proposal to allow intoxication to lessen culpability. This article comes in the wake of the recent California sexual assault case against former Stanford University student, Brock Turner.
Panel Addresses Campus Assault
The ABA presented a panel titled “Sexual Assault on College Campuses: Balancing the Rights and Interests of the Accused and the Victim” at its Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
Liability Insurance in Rutgers Law Review
Rutgers Law School dedicated its Fall 2015 Law Review to the discussion of the Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance project. The issue, which includes several pieces contributed by ALI members, was drafted in follow-up to a conference held at Rutgers Law School.
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