The American Law Institute’s Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law Is Approved
The American Law Institute’s membership voted to approve Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law, the first Restatement to comprehensively examine the legal regulation of children.
ALI’s Torts: Medical Malpractice Is Approved
The American Law Institute’s membership voted to approve Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Medical Malpractice.
Debt Tokens
This Article offers the first comprehensive analysis of debt tokens, addressing their flaws, potential within the framework of the 2022 amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code, and the socio-economic impacts of widespread adoption.
Children at Work, Parental Rights– and Rhetoric
This essay focuses on the use of “parental rights” as a rationale that is being used in a number of states to justify the reduction of children’s labor protections.
Plaintiff’s Choice of Law in Cross-Border Tort Conflicts
This Article argues that, subject to specified conditions, the victims of certain cross-border torts should have the option of choosing between the laws of the state of the injurious conduct and those of the state of the resulting injury.
Choice of Law as Statutory Interpretation: The Rise and Decline of Governmental Interest Analysis
This Article critically examines governmental interest analysis as statutory interpretation in light of the revolution that has occurred in the field.
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