Andrea Kang Wooster | November 10, 2024 | Children and the Law, Torts: Remedies
State courts continue to look not only to the Institute’s established work, but also to drafts of its ongoing projects. In one recent case, the Supreme Court of Nevada quoted drafts of the Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law, in evaluating whether a juvenile...
Douglas Laycock and Richard L. Hasen | September 9, 2024 | Torts: Remedies
Douglas Laycock of UVA Law (Retired) and Richard L. Hasen of UCLA Law explain how the role of remedies has developed over time within the Torts Restatements and the impact remedies have on a case. Laycock and Hasen serve as Reporters for Restatement of the Law Third,...
Douglas Laycock and Richard L. Hasen | August 1, 2024 | Torts: Remedies
Examining how states may vary when awarding damages, Douglas Laycock of UVA Law (Retired) and Richard L. Hasen of UCLA Law discuss the contents of Tentative Draft No. 3 for Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Remedies, which was presented at the 2024 ALI Annual...
Erik Encarnacion | February 14, 2024 | Torts: Remedies
Below is the abstract for “Making Whole, Making Better, and Accommodating Resilience,” available for download on SSRN. The conventional story about compensatory damages is that they aim to make plaintiffs whole, but not better off. This make-whole ideal implies that...
Madison Bessho | January 26, 2024 | Conflict of Laws, Copyright, Inside The ALI, Property, Torts: Miscellaneous Provisions, Torts: Remedies
At its meeting on January 18 and 19, 2024, the ALI Council reviewed and discussed Council Drafts of the following projects and approved drafts and portions of drafts as listed below.* Conflict of Laws The Council approved Council Draft No. 9, containing the...
Pauline Toboulidis | January 25, 2023 | Conflict of Laws, Copyright, Inside The ALI, Property, Torts: Miscellaneous Provisions, Torts: Remedies
At its meeting on January 19 and 20, 2023, the Council reviewed and discussed Council Drafts of five projects and approved drafts and portions of drafts as listed below.* Conflict of Laws The Council approved Council Draft No. 8, containing §§ 6.11-6.12 of Topic 2,...
