American Law Institute
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The ALI drafts, approves, and publishes Restatements of the Law, Principles of the Law, model acts, and other proposals for law reform. The ALI is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
At any time, ALI is engaged in up to 20 projects examining the law. Some current projects have been watched closely by the media, particularly the revision of the Model Penal Code Sexual Assault provisions.
The American Law Institute was founded in 1923 on the initiative of William Draper Lewis, Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, following a study by a group of prominent American judges, lawyers, and teachers who sought to address the uncertain and complex nature of early 20th century American law. According to the "Committee on the Establishment of a Permanent Organization for the Improvement of the Law," part of the law's uncertainty stemmed from the lack of agreement on fundamental principles of the common-law system, while the law's complexity was attributed to the numerous variations within different jurisdictions. The Committee recommended that a perpetual society be formed to improve the law and the administration of justice in a scholarly and scientific manner.
The organization was incorporated on February 23, 1923, at a meeting called by the Committee in the auditorium of Memorial Continental Hall in Washington, D.C. According to ALI's Certificate of Incorporation, its purpose is "to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to encourage and carry on scholarly and scientific legal work".
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referencedIn | "The Practical Lawyer" Editorial Office Files, 1950-1983 | University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library: American Law Institute Archives | |
creatorOf | American Law Institute. Colorado annotations of the restatement of agency / Benjamin S. Galland, general editor. | William A. Wise Law Library, University of Colorado Law School, CU Law Library | |
creatorOf | American Law Institute. Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1934-1960. | University of Pennsylvania Library | |
referencedIn | American Law Institute. Council. Proceedings of the ... meeting of the Council. | Albany Law School, Schaffer Law Library | |
creatorOf | Annual Meeting Records, 1923-1995 | University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library: American Law Institute Archives | |
referencedIn | Arthur E. Sutherland papers | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
referencedIn | Bigelow, Harry A. Papers, 1925-1948 | Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library, | |
referencedIn | Burlingham, Charles Culp, 1858-1959. Papers, 1876-1960 | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
referencedIn | Carnegie Corporation of New York. Carnegie Corporation of New York Records, 1900-2004. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
creatorOf | Carrington, Paul D., 1931-. Papers, 1968-1993 (inclusive), 1985-1992 (bulk). | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 |
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associatedWith | American Bar Association |
associatedWith | American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education |
associatedWith | American Law Institute. Council. |
associatedWith | American Philosophical Society |
associatedWith | Arthur Corbin |
associatedWith | Austin W. Scott |
associatedWith | Barton Leach |
associatedWith | Bigelow, Harry A., 1874-1950 |
associatedWith | Burlingham, Charles Culp, 1858-1959 |
associatedWith | Carnegie Corporation of New York. |
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