Annual Meeting Proceedings

The Proceedings volumes are edited transcripts of Annual Meetings. They are published about a year after a particular Meeting. Transcripts are reviewed and obvious lapses in syntax are corrected throughout.

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Proceedings of all Annual Meetings are available on microfiche from the William S. Hein Company and on HeinOnline. Proceedings from 2000 onward are available via Westlaw. There are no Proceedings from 2020 because no Annual Meeting was held.

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    2021 Proceedings
    388 pages, 2021, #1PROC21

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting held on May 17-18 and June 7-8, 2021.

    Eleven projects were considered at the 2021 Annual Meeting. Restatements of the Law presented were The Law of American Indians; Children and the Law; Conflict of Laws; Copyright; Property; and Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons. Also presented were Principles of the Law on Compliance, Risk Management, and Enforcement; Government Ethics; and Policing; Principles for a Data Economy; and the Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offenses.

     
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    2019 Proceedings
    264 pages, 2019, #1PROC19

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting held in Washington, DC on May 20-22, 2019.

    Nine projects were considered at the 2019 Annual Meeting. Restatements of the Law included Charitable Nonprofit Organizations; The U.S. Law of International Commercial and Investor–State Arbitration; Consumer Contracts; Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons; Children and the Law; and The Law of American Indians. Also presented were Principles of the Law on Policing; Data Privacy; and Compliance, Risk Management, and Enforcement.

     
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    2018 Proceedings
    279 pages, 2018, #1PROC18

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting held in Washington, D.C. on May 21-23, 2018.

    Nine projects were considered at the 2018 Annual Meeting. Restatements of the Law included Torts, Third: Liability for Economic Harm; Torts, Third: Intentional Torts to Persons; The U.S. Law of International Commercial and Investment Arbitration; Liability Insurance; The Law of American Indians; and Children and the Law. Also presented were Principles of the Law, Student Sexual Misconduct: Procedural Frameworks for Colleges and Universities, Principles of the Law, Government Ethics, and Uniform Commercial Code, Articles 1, 3, 8, and 9.

     
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    2017 Proceedings
    342 pages, 2017, #1PROC17

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting held in Washington, D.C. on May 22-24, 2017.

    Ten projects were considered at the 2017 Annual Meeting. Restatements of the Law included Foreign Relations Law of the United States, Fourth: Sovereign Immunity, Jurisdiction, and Treaties; Liability Insurance; The U. S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration; Torts, Third: Intentional Torts to Persons; Consumer Contracts; and Charitable Nonprofit Organizations. Also presented were Principles of the Law, Election Administration: Non-Precinct Voting and Resolution of Ballot-Counting Disputes, Principles of the Law, Policing, Model Penal Code: Sentencing, and Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offenses.

     
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    2016 Proceedings
    420 pages, 2016, #1PROC16

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the 93rd Annual Meeting held in Washington, D.C. on May 16-18, 2016.

    Six projects were considered at the 2016 Annual Meeting. Restatements of the Law included Foreign Relations Law of the United States, Fourth: Sovereign Immunity, Jurisdiction, and Treaties; Liability Insurance; and Charitable Nonprofit Organizations. Also presented were Principles of the Law, Election Administration: Non-Precinct Voting and Resolution of Ballot-Counting Disputes, Model Penal Code: Sentencing, and Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offenses.

     
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    2015 Annual Meeting Proceedings
    410 pages, 2015, #1PROC15

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the 92nd Annual Meeting held in Washington, D.C. on May 18-20, 2015.

    Seven projects were considered at the 2015 Annual Meeting. Restatements of the Law included Foreign Relations Law of the United States, Fourth: Sovereign Immunity and Treaties; the U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration; the Law of American Indians; Liability Insurance; and Torts, Third: Intentional Torts to Persons. Also presented were Principles of the Law, Government Ethics and Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offenses.

    New project previews were presented on: Restatement of the Law, Copyright, Project on Sexual and Gender-based Misconduct on Camus: Procedural Frameworks and Analysis, and Principles of the Law, Compliance, Enforcement, and Risk Management for Corporations, Nonprofits, and Other Organizations.

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    2014 Annual Meeting Proceedings
    420 pages, 2014, #1PROC14

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the 91st Annual Meeting held in Washington, D.C. on May 19-21, 2014.

    The following projects were considered at the Meeting: Foreign Relations Law of the United States: Jurisdiction, Principles of the Law of Liability Insurance, Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offences, Model Penal Code: Sentencing, Employment Law, Torts: Liability for Economic Harm. A discussion was held on the following project: The Law of American Indians.

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    2013 Annual Meeting Proceedings
    412 pages, 2013, #1PROC13

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the 90th Annual Meeting held in Washington, D.C. on May 20-22, 2013.

    The following projects were considered at the Meeting: The U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration, Principles of the Law of Liability Insurance, Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offences, Model Penal Code: Sentencing, Employment Law, The Law of American Indians, Charitable Nonprofit Organizations. Discussions were held on the following projects: Restatement Fourth, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States, Information Privacy Principles, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons.

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    2012 Annual Meeting Proceedings
    400 pages, 2013, #1PROC12

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the 89th Annual Meeting held in Washington, D.C., on May 21-23, 2012. 

    Eight projects were considered at the Meeting: Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Liability for Economic Harm; Model Penal Code: Sentencing; Restatement of the Law Third, The U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration; Restatement of the Law Third, Employment Law; Legal and Economic Principles of World Trade Law; Principles of the Law of Liability Insurance; Principles of Election Law: Resolution of Elections Disputes; Transnational Insolvency: Global Principles for Cooperation in International Insolvency Cases. Discussions were held on two new projects: The Law of American Indians and Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offences. 

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    2011 Annual Meeting Proceedings
    429 pages, 2012, #1PROC11

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the 88th Annual Meeting held in San Francisco, CA, on May 16-18, 2011. Five projects were considered at the Meeting: Model Penal Code: Sentencing ; Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm; Restatement of the Law Third, Employment Law; Restatement of the Law Third, Trusts; and Principles of the Law of Nonprofit Organizations. The withdrawal of 2003 Amendments to Uniform Commercial Code Articles 2 and 2A was also considered.

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    2010 Annual Meeting Proceedings
    390 pages, 2011, #1PROC10

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the 87th Annual Meeting held in Washington, D.C., on May 17-19, 2010. Five projects were considered at the Meeting: Model Penal Code: Sentencing ; Restatement of the Law Third, Property (Wills and Other Donative Transfers); Restatement of the Law Third, Employment Law; Restatement of the Law Third, The U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration; and Restatement of the Law Third, Restitution and Unjust Enrichment. The Tentative Draft of amendments to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code was also considered.

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    2009 Annual Meeting Proceedings
    454 pages, 2009, #1PROC09

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the 86th Annual Meeting held in Washington, D.C., on May 18-20, 2009. Seven projects were considered at the Meeting: Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm; Restatement of the Law Third, Employment Law; Principles of the Law of Software Contracts; Restatement of the Law Third, Trusts; Model Penal Code: Sentencing; Principles of the Law of Aggregate Litigation; and Principles of the Law of Nonprofit Organizations. An amendment to a recommendation of the ALI Council that § 210.6 of the Model Penal Code, dealing with the death penalty, be withdrawn was also discussed and voted upon.

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    2008 Annual Meeting Proceedings
    412 pages, 2008, #1PROC08

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the 85th Annual Meeting, held in Washington, D.C. on May 19-21, 2008. Five projects were considered at the Meeting: Principles of the Law of Aggregate Litigation; Principles of the Law of Nonprofit Organizations; Restitution and Unjust Enrichment; Restatement of the Law Third, Employment Law; Principles of the Law of Software Contracts. Uniform Commercial Code, Article 1, §1-301 (Choice of Law) was also considered.

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    2007 Annual Meeting Proceedings
    424 pages, 2007, #1PROC07

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the 84th Annual Meeting, held in San Francisco, CA, on May 14-16, 2007. Seven projects were considered at the Meeting: Principles of the Law of Software Contracts; Intellectual Property: Principles Governing Jurisdiction, Choice of Law, and Judgments in Transnational Disputes; Principles of the Law of Nonprofit Organizations; Principles of the Law of Aggregate Litigation; Restatement of the Law Third, Restitution and Unjust Enrichment; Model Penal Code: Sentencing; and Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm.

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    2006 Annual Meeting Proceedings
    383 pages, 2006, #1PROC06

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the 83rd Annual Meeting of The American Law Institute, held at The Mayflower in Washington, D.C., on May 15, 16, and 17, 2006. Six drafts were submitted to the 2006 Annual Meeting. These included a Discussion Draft of Model Penal Code: Sentencing, Tentative Draft No. 5 of Restatement of the Law Third, Property (Wills and Other Donative Transfers), and Discussion Drafts of Principles of the Law of Aggregate Litigation, Principles of the Law of Nonprofit Organizations, Restatement of the Law Third, Employment Law, and Intellectual Property: Principles Governing Jurisdiction, Choice of Law, and Judgments in Transnational Disputes.

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    2005 Annual Meeting Proceedings
    669 pages, 2006, #1PROC05

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the 82nd Annual Meeting of The American Law Institute, held at the Sheraton Society Hill in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 16, 17, and 18, 2005. Five drafts were submitted to the 2005 Annual Meeting. These included Proposed Final Draft No. 1 of Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Liability for Physical Harm; a Proposed Final Draft of Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments: Analysis and Proposed Federal Statute; Tentative Draft No. 6 of Restatement of the Law Third, Agency; Tentative Draft No. 4 of Restatement of the Law Third, Restitution and Unjust Enrichment; and Tentative Draft No. 4 of Restatement of the Law Third, Trusts. Also included in this volume are the texts of the Institute’s and ALI-ABA’s 2005 Annual Reports.

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    2004 Annual Meeting Proceedings
    777 pages, 2005, #1PROC04

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the 81st Annual Meeting of The American Law Institute, held at The Mayflower in Washington, D.C., on May 17, 18, and 19, 2004. Six drafts were submitted to the 2004 Annual Meeting. These included a Proposed Final Draft of Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure; Tentative Draft No. 2 of the International Jurisdiction and Judgments Project; Tentative Draft No. 4 of Restatement of the Law Third, Property (Wills and Other Donative Transfers); Tentative Draft No. 3 of Restatement of the Law Third, Restitution and Unjust Enrichment; Tentative Draft No. 5 of Restatement of the Law Third, Agency; and Tentative Draft No. 4 of Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Liability for Physical Harm (Basic Principles). Also included in this volume are the texts of the Institute’s and ALI-ABA’s 2004 Annual Reports.

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    2003 Annual Meeting Proceedings
    682 pages, 2004, #1PROC03

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the 80th Annual Meeting of The American Law Institute, held at The Fairmont in Chicago, Illinois, on May 12, 13, and 14, 2003. Seven drafts, including one Discussion Draft, and one Report were submitted to the 2003 Annual Meeting. These included Tentative Draft No. 3 of Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Liability for Physical Harm (Basic Principles); Discussion Draft No. 4 of Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure; a Tentative Draft of the International Jurisdiction and Judgments Project; a Proposed Final Draft of Uniform Commercial Code, Proposed Amendments to Article 2 (Sales); a Proposed Final Draft of Uniform Commercial Code, Proposed Amendments to Article 2A (Leases); a Proposed Final Draft of Uniform Commercial Code, Amendments to Article 7 (Documents of Title); a Report on Model Penal Code: Sentencing; and Tentative Draft No. 4 of Restatement of the Law Third, Agency. Also included in this volume are the texts of the Institute’s and ALI-ABA’s 2003 Annual Reports.

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    2002 Annual Meeting Proceedings
    765 pages, 2003, #1PROC02

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the 79th Annual Meeting of The American Law Institute, held at The Mayflower in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 14, and 15, 2002. Six drafts, including two Discussion Drafts, were submitted to the 2002 Annual Meeting. These drafts included Tentative Draft No. 2 of Restatement of the Law Third, Restitution and Unjust Enrichment; a Tentative Draft of Uniform Commercial Code, Proposed Revisions to Articles 3 (Negotiable Instruments) and 4 (Bank Deposits and Collections); Tentative Draft No. 3 of Restatement of the Law Third, Agency; Discussion Draft No. 3 of Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure; Tentative Draft No. 2 of Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Liability for Physical Harm (Basic Principles); and a Discussion Draft of the International Jurisdiction and Judgments Project. Also included in this volume are the texts of the Institute’s and ALI-ABA’s 2002 Annual Reports.

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    2001 Annual Meeting Proceedings
    1,030 pages, 2002, #1PROC01

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the 78th Annual Meeting of The American Law Institute, held at The Mayflower in Washington, D.C., on May 14, 15, 16, and 17, 2001. Ten drafts, including one Discussion Draft, were submitted to the 2001 Annual Meeting. These drafts included Tentative Draft No. 1 of Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Liability for Physical Harm (Basic Principles); Tentative Draft No. 1 of Restatement of the Law Third, Restitution and Unjust Enrichment; Tentative Draft No. 3 of Restatement of the Law Third, Trusts; Tentative Draft No. 3 of Restatement of the Law Third, Property (Wills and Other Donative Transfers); a Tentative Draft of Uniform Commercial Code, Proposed Amendments to Article 2 (Sales); a Tentative Draft of Uniform Commercial Code, Proposed Amendments to Article 2A (Leases); a Proposed Final Draft of Uniform Commercial Code, Revised Article 1 (General Provisions); Tentative Draft No. 2 of Restatement of the Law Third, Agency; Tentative Draft No. 4 of Federal Judicial Code Revision Project; and Discussion Draft No. 2 of Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure. Also included in this volume are the texts of the Institute’s and ALI-ABA’s 2001 Annual Reports.

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    2000 Annual Meeting Proceedings
    837 pages, 2001, #1PROC00

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the 77th Annual Meeting of The American Law Institute, held at The Mayflower in Washington, D.C., on May 15, 16, 17, and 18, 2000. Six drafts, including three Discussion Drafts, and one report were submitted to the 2000 Annual Meeting. These drafts and report included Tentative Draft No. 4 of Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution: Analysis and Recommendations; a Tentative Draft of Transnational Insolvency Project, Principles of Cooperation in Transnational Insolvency Cases Among Members of NAFTA; a Report on the International Jurisdiction and Judgments Project; a Discussion Draft of Restatement of the Law Third, Restitution and Unjust Enrichment; a Discussion Draft of Uniform Commercial Code, Revised Article 1 (General Provisions); a Discussion Draft of Uniform Commercial Code, [New] Revised Article 2 (Sales); and Tentative Draft No. 1 of Restatement of the Law Third, Agency. Appended to the Proceedings are the texts of the Institute's and ALI-ABA's 2000 Annual Reports.

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    1999 Annual Meeting Proceedings
    948 pages, 2000, #1ALIPROC99

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the 76th Annual Meeting of The American Law Institute, held at The Fairmont in San Francisco, California, on May 17, 18, 19, and 20, 1999. Seven Drafts, including two Discussion Drafts, and three reports were submitted to the 1999 Annual Meeting. These drafts and reports included Proposed Final Draft ( Revised) of Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Apportionment of Liability; Tentative Draft No. 3 of the Federal Judicial Code Revision Project; a Discussion Draft of Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: General Principles; Tentative Draft No. 2 of Restatement of the Law Third, Trusts; a Proposed Final Draft of Uniform Commercial Code, Revised Article 2 (Sales); a Proposed Final Draft of Uniform Commercial Code, Revised Article 2A (Leases); a Report on the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (formerly UCC Article 2B); an Interim Report on the Transnational Insolvency Project; a Discussion Draft of Transnational Rules of Civil Procedure; and a Report on the International Jurisdiction and Judgments Project. Appended to the Proceedings are the texts of the Institute’s and ALI-ABA’s 1999 Annual Reports.

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    1998 Annual Meeting Proceedings
    961 pages, 1999, #6120

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the 75th Annual Meeting of The American Law Institute, held at The Mayflower in Washington, D.C., on May 11, 12, 13, and 14, 1998. Ten drafts were submitted to the 1998 Annual Meeting, including Proposed Final Draft No. 2 of Restatement of the Law Third, The Law Governing Lawyers; Tentative Draft No. 8 (1997) of Restatement of the Law Third, The Law Governing Lawyers; Tentative Draft No. 2 of Restatement of the Law Third, Property (Wills and Other Donative Transfers); Tentative Draft No. 7 of Restatement of the Law Third, Property (Servitudes); a Proposed Final Draft of Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Apportionment of Liability; a Proposed Final Draft of Uniform Commercial Code, Revised Article 9 (Secured Transactions); a Tentative Draft of Transnational Insolvency Project, International Statement of Mexican Bankruptcy Law; Tentative Draft No. 3 of Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution: Analysis and Recommendations; Tentative Draft No. 2 of Federal Judicial Code Revision Project; and a Tentative Draft of Uniform Commercial Code, Article 2B (Licenses). Appended to the Proceedings are the texts of the Institute’s and ALI-ABA’s 1998 Annual Reports.

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    1997 Annual Meeting Proceedings
    920 pages, 1998, #6075

    This volume contains an edited transcript of the Proceedings of the 74th Annual Meeting of The American Law Institute, held at The Mayflower in Washington, D.C., on May 19, 20, 21, and 22, 1997. Nine drafts were submitted to the 1997 Annual Meeting, including a Discussion Draft of Uniform Commercial Code, Revised Article 2 (Sales); a Discussion Draft of Uniform Commercial Code, Article 2B (Licenses); a Proposed Final Draft of Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Products Liability; Discussion Draft No. 2 of Uniform Commercial Code, Revised Article 9; a Tentative Draft of Transnational Insolvency Project, International Statement of United States Bankruptcy Law; a Tentative Draft of Transnational Insolvency Project, International Statement of Canadian Bankruptcy Law; Tentative Draft No. 6 of Restatement of the Law Third, Property (Servitudes); Tentative Draft No. 8 of Restatement of the Law Third, The Law Governing Lawyers; and Tentative Draft No. 1 of Federal Judicial Code Revision Project. Appended to the Proceedings are the texts of the Institute’s and ALI-ABA’s 1997 Annual Reports.

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