Florencia Marotta-Wurgler, Omri Ben-Shahar and Oren Bar-Gill | April 27, 2017 | Consumer Contracts
This post is a presentation of information found in the Discussion Draft of the Consumer Contracts project. This will be presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting for discussion only. Section 2, Adoption of Standard Contract Terms, is based on three fundamental...
Cecelia M. Klingele and Kevin Reitz | April 25, 2017 | Sentencing
This post is a presentation of information found in the Proposed Final Draft of the Sentencing project. Please also consider reading Part 1: Sentencing Guidelines. This provision, new to the Code, provides assurance that convicted individuals are made aware of the...
Kyle D. Logue and Tom Baker | April 20, 2017 | Liability Insurance
As a follow up to our post on the Council Draft text of this section, we now present the test from the Proposed Final Draft of Section § 24 – The Insurer’s Duty to Make Reasonable Settlement Decisions. The Black Letter and Comment were modified from what...
Cecelia M. Klingele and Kevin Reitz | April 18, 2017 | Sentencing
This post is a presentation of information found in the Proposed Final Draft of the Sentencing project. This will be presented at ALI’s Annual Meeting this May. The Model Penal Code: Sentencing project includes a new provision on Sentencing Guidelines and...
Cecelia M. Klingele and Kevin Reitz | April 13, 2017 | Sentencing
In this video, project Reporter Kevin Reitz talks about the consequences of economic sanctions in the justice system. Model Penal Code: Sentencing – Economic Sanctions from The American Law Institute on Vimeo. The following is excerpted from the Comments of the...
