Restatements and the common law / Andrew S. Gold and Henry E. Smith. Part I. Founding and development of the American Law Institute -- The American Law Institute at 100 : a three-decade personal reflection / Roberta Cooper Ramo -- The need for restatement of the common law : a long look back / David J. Seipp -- The work of the American Law Institute in historical context / Kenneth S. Abraham and G. Edward White -- Restating the law in the shadow of codes : the ALI in its formative era / Deborah A. DeMott -- Part II. Restatements -- Canon and fireworks : reliance in the Restatements of Contracts and reliance on them / Richard R.W. Brooks -- Conflict of laws in the ALI's first century / Symeon C. Symeonides -- The Restatements of Trusts : revisited / Naomi R. Cahn, Deborah Gordon, and Allison Tait -- Torts in the American Law Institute / John C.P. Goldberg -- The Restatement of Property : the curse of incompleteness / Thomas W. Merrill -- The international law profile of the ALI / George A. Bermann -- Constructing a legal field : the Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers / W. Bradley Wendel -- A short history of the Restatement of Restitution and Unjust Enrichment / Emily Sherwin -- Part III. Codes -- The Uniform Commercial Code and the ongoing quest for an efficient and fair commercial law / Robert E. Scott -- From Restatement to Model Penal Code : the progress and perils of criminal law reform / Kimberly Kessler Ferzan -- Part IV. Principles -- Special interests at the gate : the ALI Corporate Governance Project, 1978-1992 / William W. Bratton -- The ALI Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution : addressing family inequality through functional regulation / Linda C. McClain and Douglas NeJaime -- Aggregationists at the barricades : assessing the impact of the Principles of the Law of Aggregate Litigation / Linda S. Mullenix -- Part V. Restatements and legal theory -- Restatements and realists / Robert W. Gordon -- The Restatements as law / Frederick Schauer -- Restatements and the common law / Andrew S. Gold and Henry E. Smith.
Summary:
"This book collects together a series of original essays in honor of the American Law Institute's centennial. The essays are authored by leading experts in their fields, often including current and former Restatement reporters. The essays also provide a wide range of perspectives on both methodology and the law. The volume coverage focuses on: specific ALI undertakings, including some of the more important Restatements and Codes; several leading Principles projects; statutory projects such as the Model Penal Code and the Uniform Commercial Code; themes that cut across substantive fields of law (such as Restatements and codification or Restatements and the common law); and the ALI's institutional history over the past century. The resulting book is a unique and compelling contribution to its fields of study"-- Provided by publisher.
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