Restatement of the Law Third,
This project reexamines the increasingly important subject of conflict of laws in light of significant legal developments in the field since the influential Restatement Second was published in 1971.
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At its January 2024 meeting, the Council approved Council Draft No. 9, containing the Introductory Note to and §§ 7.25-7.30 of Topic 4, Succession, of Chapter 7 on Property.
At the 2023 Annual Meeting, the membership voted to approve Tentative Draft No. 4, which includes material from Chapter 6, Torts; Chapter 7, Property; and Chapter 8, Contracts. A motion to amend §6.03 passed.
At the 2022 Annual Meeting, the membership voted to approve Tentative Draft No. 3, which includes §§ 5.01 to 5.06 from Chapter 5, Choice of Law, Introduction.
At the 2021 Annual Meeting, a motion to recommit § 1.03(1) and related Comments failed. The membership voted to approve Tentative Draft No. 2, which includes Chapter 1, Introduction; Chapter 2, Domicile; and Chapter 5, Choice of Law, Topic 2, Foreign Law (Introductory Comment, §§ 5.06-5.08).
All draft approvals are subject to the discussion at the meeting and usual editorial prerogative.
For an in-depth description of this project, please visit the Conflict of Laws page of The ALI Adviser.
* Preliminary Drafts and Council Drafts are available only to participants and the Council. Discussion Drafts and Tentative Drafts are available to the public after the Annual Meeting.
** Once it is approved by the Membership at an Annual Meeting, a Tentative Draft or Proposed Final Draft represents the most current statement of The American Law Institute's position on the subject and may be cited in opinions or briefs until the official text is published.
*** Chapter numbers are those used in the most recent draft or in the latest projected overall table of contents and may not correspond to the chapter numbers used in earlier drafts.
Kermit Roosevelt
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Philadelphia, PA
Ann Laquer Estin
University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, IA
Laura Elizabeth Little
Temple University Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, PA
Christopher A. Whytock
University of California, Irvine School of Law, Irvine, CA
Thomas L. Ambro
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, Wilmington, DE
William Baude
University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL
George A. Bermann
Columbia Law School, New York, NY
Mark I. Bernstein
Philadelphia, PA
R. Lea Brilmayer
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
Jeffrey V. Brown
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, Galveston, TX
Stephen B. Burbank
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Philadelphia, PA
Elizabeth J. Cabraser
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA
Evan R. Chesler
New York University, Arts & Science, New York, NY
Neil B. Cohen
Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY
George T. Conway
New York, NY
Edward H. Cooper
University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, MI
John Francis Coyle
University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, NC
Victoria A. Cundiff
Paul Hastings LLP, New York, NY
Joy V. Cunningham
Supreme Court of Illinois, Chicago, IL
Cari K. Dawson
Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA
William S. Dodge
George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
Rochelle C. Dreyfuss
New York University School of Law, New York, NY
Thomas A. Dubbs
Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY
Jennifer Walker Elrod
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, Houston, TX
Sidney A. Fitzwater
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, Dallas, TX
Mark C. Fleming
WilmerHale, Boston, MA
David L. Franklin
DePaul College of Law, Chicago, IL
Steven S. Gensler
University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, OK
John E. Jones III
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Larry Kramer
London School of Economics and Political Science, London
Barbara Madsen
Supreme Court of Washington, Olympia, WA
Mark D. Martin
High Point University Law, High Point, NC
Barbara W. Mather
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP (Retired), Philadelphia, PA
Andrea J. Menaker
White & Case LLP, London
Ralf C. Michaels
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg
Richard L. Neumeier
Morrison Mahoney LLP (Retired), Boston, MA
Erin Ann O'Hara O'Connor
Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, FL
William H. Pryor
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, Birmingham, AL
Kenneth F. Ripple
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, South Bend, IN
John M. Rogers
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, Lexington, KY
Lee H. Rosenthal
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX
Peter J. Rubin
Massachusetts Appeals Court, Boston, MA
Stephen E. Sachs
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Karen Patton Seymour
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY
Linda J. Silberman
New York University School of Law, New York, NY
Joseph Singer
Harvard Law School
Robert H. Sitkoff
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Sri Srinivasan
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, Washington, DC
Symeon C. Symeonides
Willamette University College of Law, Salem, OR
Michael Traynor
Cobalt LLP, Stinson Beach, CA
Daniel E. Troy
Berkeley Research Group, Chevy Chase, MD
Louise Weinberg
University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX
James F. Williams
Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA
Kathleen M. Williams
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, Miami, FL
Morten M. Fogt
University of Aarhus, School of Law
Charles W. Adams
University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, OK
Alok Ahuja
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Kansas City, MO
Marc T. Amy
Jones Walker LLP, Lafayette, LA
José F. Anderson
University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD
Christopher Edward Appel
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Washington, DC
Susan Frelich Appleton
Washington University School of Law, Saint Louis, MO
Ronald G. Aronovsky
Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, CA
Mark Louis Ascher
University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX
Michael F. Aylward
Morrison Mahoney LLP (Retired), Boston, MA
Steven K. Balman
Shook & Johnson, Tulsa, OK
Margaret Armstrong Bancroft
Dechert LLP (Retired), New York, NY
Spyridon V. Bazinas
Vienna
James M. Beck
Reed Smith LLP, Philadelphia, PA
Charles L. Becker
Kline & Specter, PC, Philadelphia, PA
Turney Powers Berry
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, Louisville, KY
Carl S. Bjerre
University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, OR
Andrea K. Bjorklund
McGill University Faculty of Law, Montreal
Ira Mark Bloom
Albany Law School, Albany, NY
Pamela Bookman
Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY
Patrick J. Borchers
Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, NE
Willard L. Boyd
Nyemaster Goode, PC, Des Moines, IA
Keith Bradley
Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Denver, CO
Andrew D. Bradt
University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, CA
Ronald A. Brand
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, PA
Ralph Brubaker
University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, IL
Aaron-Andrew Paul Bruhl
William & Mary Law School, Williamsburg, VA
K. King Burnett
Webb Burnett Cornbrooks (Retired), Stow, MA
Timothy W. Burns
Burns Bair LLP, Madison, WI
John P. Burton
Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., Santa Fe, NM
J. Brett Busby
Supreme Court of Texas, Austin, TX
John K. Bush
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, Louisville, KY
Hannah L. Buxbaum
Indiana University, Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, IN
Robert L. Byer
Duane Morris LLP, Pittsburgh, PA
H. Thomas Byron
Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC
Charles Calleros
Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Phoenix, AZ
John Joseph Cannon
A&O Shearman, New York, NY
Gregory A. Castanias
Jones Day, Washington, DC
William Richard Casto
Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, TX
Henry L. Chambers
University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA
Steve Charnovitz
George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
Eric A. Chiappinelli
Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, TX
Yee Wah Chin
Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP, New York, NY
Sylvia Fung Chin
White & Case LLP, New York, NY
Stephen Yee Chow
Stephen Y. Chow, PC, Boston, MA
James W. Christie
Burns White, Philadelphia, PA
Penelope L. Christophorou
Morgan Lewis Bockius LLP, New York, NY
Zachary D. Clopton
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Chicago, IL
Michael S. Coffee
Washington, DC
David K. Cohen
George Washington University Law School, Chevy Chase, MD
Daniel P. Collins
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Pasadena, CA
Gerald B. Cope
Akerman LLP, Miami, FL
John G. Crabtree
Crabtree, Auslander & Tackenberg, Key Biscayne, FL
Robert A. Creamer
Cambridge, MA
Thomas L. Cubbage
The Center for American and International Law, Plano, TX
Vivian Grosswald Curran
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, PA
Edward J. Currie
Currie Johnson & Myers, PA, Jackson, MS
Christopher Scott D'Angelo
Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP, Philadelphia, PA
George A. Davidson
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, New York, NY
Mary J. Davis
University of Kentucky, J. David Rosenberg College of Law, Lexington, KY
Joseph William Dellapenna
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law (Retired), Ardmore, PA
Robert P. Deyling
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Washington, DC
Anthony M. DiLeo
Anthony M. DiLeo, APC, New Orleans, LA
Michael R. Dimino
Widener University Commonwealth Law School, Harrisburg, PA
Graeme B. Dinwoodie
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL
Alyssa A. DiRusso
Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham, AL
Nikola R. Djuric
Bessemer Trust, Atlanta, GA
Donald L. Doernberg
Pace University, Elisabeth Haub School of Law (Retired), Penn Valley, CA
James B. Dolan
Bager, Dolan, Parker & Cohen, Boston, MA
Sean H. Donahue
Donahue & Goldberg, LLP, San Francisco, CA
Laura Gaston Dooley
Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, Central Islip, NY
Kevin J. Doyle
U.S. District Court, District of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Christine Michelle Duffy
Haverhill, MA
Paul F. Eckstein
Perkins Coie LLP, Phoenix, AZ
David M. English
University of Missouri School of Law, Columbia, MO
Allan H. Erbsen
University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN
Howard M. Erichson
Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY
Sjef van Erp
University of Amsterdam, Noord-Brabant
Arthur Norman Field
Field Consulting Services LLC, New York, NY
Joseph Z. Fleming
Joseph Z. Fleming P.A., Miami, FL
Katherine Florey
University of California, Davis School of Law, Davis, CA
Theodore J. Folkman
Rubin & Rudman LLP, Boston, MA
Gregory H. Fox
Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, MI
Eric M. Freedman
Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, NY
Richard D. Freer
Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, GA
Paul L. Friedman
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC
Henry D. Gabriel
Elon University School of Law, Greensboro, NC
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, Arlington, VA
Kenneth S. Gallant
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law (Retired), Sequim, WA
Maggie Gardner
Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY
Richard Garnett
The University of Melbourne Law School, Melbourne
James Paul George
Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, TX
Daniel C. Girard
Girard Sharp LLP, San Francisco, CA
Donald Wayne Glazer
Goodwin Procter LLP, Newton, MA
Martin Glenn
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, New York, NY
Philip S. Goldberg
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Washington, DC
David B. Goodwin
Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, CA
Linda Sheryl Greene
Michigan State University College of Law, East Lansing, MI
Marcy Hogan Greer
Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP, Austin, TX
Charles E. Griffin
Butler Snow LLP, Ridgeland, MS
Simona Grossi
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
David W. Gruning
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, Abita Springs, LA
Deepak Gupta
Gupta Wessler LLP, Washington, DC
Gregory R. Hanthorn
Jones Day (Retired), Atlanta, GA
Peter Hay
Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, GA
Genevieve Helleringer
ESSEC Business School, Cergy-Pontoise
Paul Herrup
U.S. Department of Justice, Harpers Ferry, WV
Tracy D. Hester
University of Houston Law Center, Houston, TX
Daniel Earle Hinde
Dan Hinde PLLC, Houston, TX
Eric L. Hirschhorn
Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC
Richard Anthony Hodyl
Hinkhouse Williams Walsh LLP, Chicago, IL
Adam L. Hoeflich
Bartlit Beck LLP, Chicago, IL
Jennifer Bruch Hogan
Hogan & Hogan, LLP, Houston, TX
Roger F. Holmes
Biss & Holmes, Anchorage, AK
Christina Michelle Houston
DLA Piper US LLP, Wilmington, DE
David Hricik
Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, GA
Robert H. Hu
St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, TX
Edwin E. Huddleson
Washington, DC
Michael John Hutter
Albany Law School, Albany, NY
Donald Earl Childress III
Pepperdine University, Caruso School of Law, Malibu, CA
Sarah Howard Jenkins
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law (Retired), Little Rock, AR
Courtney G. Joslin
University of California, Davis School of Law, Davis, CA
Michelle Shane Kallen
Steptoe LLP, Washington, DC
Robert R. Keatinge
Holland & Hart LLP, Denver, CO
Chimène Keitner
University of California, Davis School of Law, Davis, CA
Catherine Kessedjian
University Paris-Panthéon-Assas, Paris
Kenneth C. Kettering
Columbia Law School, Short Hills, NJ
David R. Keyes
Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP, Austin, TX
Frederic L. Kirgis
Washington and Lee University School of Law (Retired), Lexington, VA
Christopher M. Klein
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of California, Vancouver, WA
Daniel S. Kleinberger
Mitchell Hamline School of Law (Retired), Mendota Heights, MN
Glenn S. Koppel
Western State College of Law, Irvine, CA
Jeffrey D. Kovar
U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
David N. Kragseth
Guy Carpenter & Co., Philadelphia, PA
Ajay B. Kundaria
Google LLC, San Francisco, CA
Peter B Kutner
University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, OK
Sybil H. Landau
New York, NY
William P. LaPiana
New York Law School, New York, NY
John K. Lawrence
Dickinson Wright PLLC, Ann Arbor, MI
Herbert I. Lazerow
University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, CA
Thomas H. Lee
Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY
Matthias Lehmann
University of Vienna, Vienna
Noëlle Lenoir
Noëlle Lenoir Avocats, Paris
William Parker Lightfoot
Lightfoot Law, Washington, DC
Lewis J. Liman
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, New York, NY
John Linarelli
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, PA
Lynn M. LoPucki
University of Florida, Levin College of Law, Gainesville, FL
Mitchell A. Lowenthal
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY
Houston Putnam Lowry
Ford & Paulekas, LLP, Hartford, CT
Peter B. Maggs
University of Illinois College of Law, Urbana, IL
Thomas O. Main
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, Las Vegas, NV
C. Scott Maravilla
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC
Richard L. Marcus
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Mary Massaron
Plunkett Cooney, P.C., Bloomfield Hills, MI
Michael C. Massengale
JAMS, Houston, TX
Lorelie S. Masters
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Washington, DC
James R. Maxeiner
University of Baltimore School of Law (Retired), Bronxville, NY
Michael H. McGinley
Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA
Michael S. McGinniss
University of North Dakota School of Law, Grand Forks, ND
Thomas B. McNamara
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for District of Colorado, Denver, CO
Stephanie A. Middleton
The American Law Institute (Retired), Greenbrae, CA
Elizabeth S. Miller
Baylor Law School, Waco, TX
Katherine G. Minarik
Uniswap Labs, Brooklyn, NY
Paul W. Mollica
Equip for Equality, Chicago, IL
Alan B. Morrison
George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
Edward M. Mullins
Reed Smith LLP, Miami, FL
Fred F. Murray
Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel, Gainesville, FL
Arnold K. Mytelka
Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins, P.C., Springfield, NJ
James A. R. Nafziger
Willamette University College of Law, Salem, OR
J. Thomas Oldham
University of Houston Law Center, Houston, TX
Arden J. Olson
Harrang Long P.C., Eugene, OR
Roxanne K. Song Ong
Phoenix Municipal Court, Phoenix, AZ
Robert L. Parks
Law Offices of Gabriel Garay, Coral Gables, FL
John T. Parry
Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, OR
Anne M. Patterson
Supreme Court of New Jersey, Morristown, NJ
Wendy Collins Perdue
University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA
A. Robert Pietrzak
Sidley Austin LLP (Retired), New York, NY
Jeffrey M. Pollock
Pollock Law, LLC, Princeton, NJ
Richard J. R. Raleigh
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Huntsville, AL
D. Theodore Rave
University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX
Hal R. Ray
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth, TX
C. Ryan Reetz
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Miami, FL
Deborah Renner
Dentons US LLP, New York, NY
William M. Richman
University of Toledo College of Law, Toledo, OH
Liesa L. Richter
University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, OK
Ira P. Robbins
American University, Washington College of Law, Bethesda, MD
Armand James Robertson
Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco (Retired), San Francisco, CA
Edward B. Rock
New York University School of Law, New York, NY
Sandra M. Rocks
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY
Keith A. Rowley
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, Las Vegas, NV
Miles N. Ruthberg
Latham & Watkins LLP (Retired), New York, NY
Thomas E. Rutledge
Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC, Louisville, KY
Donald J. Savery
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Matthew W. Sawchak
Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A, Raleigh, NC
Ronald Joseph Scalise
Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans, LA
Timothy R. Schnabel
Uniform Law Commission, Chicago, IL
Jeffrey Alan Schoenblum
Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, TN
William H. Schorling
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Dillon, CO
Victor E. Schwartz
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Washington, DC
David W. J. Scorey
Essex Court Chambers, London
Mortimer Newlin Stead Sellers
University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD
Marc M. Seltzer
Susman Godfrey LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Stephen L. Sepinuck
Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, TN
Randolph Stuart Sergent
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Baltimore, MD
Gene R. Shreve
South Yarmouth, MA
Aaron D. Simowitz
Willamette University College of Law, Salem, OR
Edwin E. Smith
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA
Douglas G. Smith
Alpheus LLC, Chicago, IL
Carlos R. Soltero
Maynard Nexsen PC, Austin, TX
Robert G. Spector
University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, OK
Luis Eduardo Sprovieri
Forino - Sprovieri - Dell 'Oca - Aielo LLP, Buenos Aires
Adam N. Steinman
Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, TX
Joan E. Steinman
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL
Jeffrey W. Stempel
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, Las Vegas, NV
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA
Stewart E. Sterk
Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY
James Y. Stern
William & Mary Law School, Williamsburg, VA
David P. Stewart
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
H. Mark Stichel
RKW Law Group, Baltimore, MD
Shale D. Stiller
DLA Piper US LLP (Retired), Baltimore, MD
Laura Denvir Stith
Supreme Court of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
Elizabeth S. Stong
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY
Stacie Strong
Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, GA
Guy Miller Struve
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (Retired), New York, NY
Louise Ellen Teitz
Roger Williams University School of Law, Bristol, RI
William H. Theis
Federal Defender Program (Retired), Lawrence, KS
David B. Thronson
Michigan State University College of Law, East Lansing, MI
Jay Tidmarsh
Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, IN
Daniel Patrick Tokaji
University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, WI
Daniel Mack Traynor
U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND
Marketa Trimble
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, Las Vegas, NV
Peter D. Trooboff
Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC
Razvan C. Ungureanu
Steptoe LLP, Houston, TX
Pierre-Hugues Verdier
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA
Bea Verschraegen
University of Vienna, Faculty of Law, Vienna
Carlos Manuel Vázquez
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
Lynn Dennis Wardle
Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School (Retired), Provo, UT
Rhonda Wasserman
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, PA
Steven O. Weise
Proskauer Rose LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Ralph U. Whitten
Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, NE
Matthew Lee Wiener
Administrative Conference of the United States, Washington, DC
Peter Winship
Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law (Retired), Dallas, TX
Tobias B. Wolff
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Philadelphia, PA
Douglas P. Woodlock
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Patrick Woolley
University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX