Restatement of the Law Fourth,
This Restatement covers topics not addressed in the previous Restatement Fourth volume on selected topics in treaties, jurisdiction, and sovereign immunity, as well as selected topics that have emerged since publication of the Restatement Third.
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The Council approved the initiation of this project in January 2023.
* 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.
Curtis A. Bradley
University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL
William S. Dodge
George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
Oona A. Hathaway
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
John B. Bellinger
Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC
Harold Hongju Koh
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
Catherine M. Amirfar
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY
David J. Barron
U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, Boston, MA
James E. Boasberg
District of Columbia Superior Court
David Bowker
WilmerHale, Washington, DC
Ingrid Brunk
Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, TN
Todd F. Buchwald
U.S. Department of State
José A. Cabranes
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, New Haven, CT
Bradford R. Clark
George Washington University Law School
Kathleen Claussen
Georgetown University Law School, Washington, DC
Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar
Carnegie Endowment for Int'l Peace, Menlo Park, CA
Kristina Daugirdas
The University of Michigan Law School
Ashley S. Deeks
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA
Brian J. Egan
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC
Kristen Eichensehr
University of Virginia
Agniescka M. Fryszman
Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll, PLLC
Jean Galbraith
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Philadelphia, PA
Jack Landman Goldsmith
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Monica Hakimi
Columbia Law School
Douglas Hallward-Driemeier
Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, DC
Mohamed S. Helal
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Columbus, OH
Stephen A. Higginson
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, New Orleans, LA
Duncan B. Hollis
Temple University Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, PA
Donald Earl Childress III
Pepperdine University, Caruso School of Law, Malibu, CA
Rebecca Ingber
Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY
Clifton Johnson
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Legal Adviser
Peter D. Keisler
Sidley Austin LLP (Retired), Washington, DC
Chimène Keitner
University of California, Davis School of Law, Davis, CA
Jane Kelly
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Carolyn B. Lamm
White & Case LLP, Washington, DC
Gerard E. Lynch
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, New York, NY
Jenny S. Martinez
Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA
Michael Mattler
U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
M. Margaret McKeown
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, San Diego, CA
Jeffrey Alker Meyer
United States District Court, District of Connecticut
Judith A. Miller
Chevy Chase, MD
Patricia Ann Millett
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, Washington, DC
Jeffrey P. Minear
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
David H. Moore
Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Provo, UT
Randolph D. Moss
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC
Sean David Murphy
George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
William Nardini
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Gerald L. Neuman
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Andrew Olson
United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Michael D. Ramsey
University of San Diego School of Law
Natalie L. Reid
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY
David W. Rivkin
Arbitration Chambers, New York, NY
Cristina M. Rodriguez
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
John M. Rogers
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, Lexington, KY
Jonathan B. Schwartz
U.S. Department of State
Anthony J. Scirica
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, Philadelphia, PA
Ryan Scoville
Marquette University Law School
Linda J. Silberman
New York University School of Law, New York, NY
Paul B. Stephan
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA
David P. Stewart
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
Edward T. Swaine
George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
Bruce C. Swartz
United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC
Carlos Manuel Vázquez
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
Lewis Yelin
Department Of Justice, Washington, DC
David M. Zionts
Covington & Burling LLP
Dapo Akande
St. Peter's College, University of Oxford
Helmut Aust
Freie Universität Berlin
Daniel Bethlehem
Congyan Cai
Fudan University School of Law
Christopher J. Greenwood
Magdalene College
Yuji Iwasawa
International Court of Justice
Catherine Kessedjian
University Paris-Panthéon-Assas, Paris
Claus Kress
University of Cologne, Institute for International Peace and Security Law
Keun-Gwan Lee
Seoul National University School of Law
Campbell Alan McLachlan
Victoria University of Wellington Law School, Wellington
August Reinisch
University of Vienna, Section of International Law
Anthea Roberts
The Australian National University, Canberra
Alejandro Rodiles
Friedrich Schiller Unversitat Jena
Prabhakar Singh
BML Munjal University School of Law
Philippa Webb
King's College London
Hannah Woolaver
University of Cape Town
Sienho Yee
China Foreign Affairs University
Andrew N. Keller
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (SFRC), Washington, DC
William J. Aceves
California Western School of Law, San Diego, CA
Mark D. Agrast
World Justice Project, Washington, DC
Raquel E. Aldana
University of California, Davis School of Law, Davis, CA
Denise E. Backhouse
Littler Mendelson, P.C., New York, NY
Thad H. Balkman
District Court, State of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Peter V. Baugher
Baugher Dispute Resolution LLC, Chicago, IL
Michael M. Baylson
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
John D. Bessler
University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD
Pamela Bookman
Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY
Enrique Braquehais
Spain State Attorney General's Office, Balearic Islands
Tiffany Williams Brewer
Howard University School of Law, Washington, DC
Stuart N. Brotman
University of Tennessee, College of Communication & Information, Knoxville, TN
John P. Burton
Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., Santa Fe, NM
H. Thomas Byron
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Washington, DC
Peter H. Carson
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP (Retired), San Francisco, CA
Jonathan G. Cedarbaum
George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
Steve Charnovitz
George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
Yee Wah Chin
Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP, New York, NY
Margaret Chon
Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, WA
Jack J. Coe
Pepperdine University, Caruso School of Law, Camarillo, CA
Michael S. Coffee
Washington, DC
Jacob Katz Cogan
University of Cincinnati College of Law, Cincinnati, OH
Harlan G. Cohen
Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY
Thomas L. Cubbage
The Center for American and International Law, Plano, TX
Steven A. Dean
Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA
Joseph William Dellapenna
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law (Retired), Ardmore, PA
Christopher R. Drahozal
University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, KS
Gabriel Eckstein
Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, TX
Samuel Estreicher
New York University School of Law, New York, NY
Boris Feldman
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, Redwood City, CA
Martin S. Flaherty
Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY
Theodore J. Folkman
Rubin & Rudman LLP, Boston, MA
Gregory H. Fox
Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, MI
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
Steven S. Gensler
University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, OK
Beth George
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, Redwood City, CA
Michael A. Harring
Chicago, IL
Eric L. Hirschhorn
Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC
Christina Michelle Houston
DLA Piper US LLP, Wilmington, DE
Charles H. Brower II
Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, MI
Roscoe Jones
Drake Law School, West Des Moines, IA
Christopher M. Klein
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of California, Vancouver, WA
Jeffrey D. Kovar
U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
Ajay B. Kundaria
Google LLC, San Francisco, CA
Peter B Kutner
University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, OK
Herbert I. Lazerow
University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, CA
Thomas H. Lee
Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY
Addar Levi
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC
John Linarelli
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, PA
Houston Putnam Lowry
Ford & Paulekas, LLP, Hartford, CT
C. Scott Maravilla
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC
D. Stephen Mathias
United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, New York, NY
Maurice H. Mendelson
Blackstone Chambers Barristers, London
Thomas Butler Merritt
Littleton, NH
Timothy Meyer
Duke University School of Law, Durham, NC
Sean David Murphy
George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
Fred F. Murray
Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel, Gainesville, FL
Jennifer Gillian Newstead
Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA
Jide Okechuku Nzelibe
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Chicago, IL
John T. Parry
Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, OR
Steven N. Peskind
Peskind Law Firm, Saint Charles, IL
John V.H. Pierce
Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY
C. Ryan Reetz
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Miami, FL
Daniel I.S.J. Rey-Bear
Rey-Bear McLaughlin LLP, Spokane, WA
Julissa Reynoso
Winston and Strawn LLP, New York, NY
Kenneth M. Rosen
University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, AL
Leila Nadya Sadat
Washington University School of Law, Saint Louis, MO
Victoria Shannon Sahani
Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA
Tatiana Sainati
Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC
Timothy R. Schnabel
Uniform Law Commission, Chicago, IL
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, WI
Aaron D. Simowitz
Willamette University College of Law, Salem, OR
Matthew D. Slater
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Washington, DC
Mary L. Smith
VENG Group, Lansing, IL
Adam N. Steinman
Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, TX
Beth Stephens
Rutgers Law School, Newark, NJ
Elizabeth S. Stong
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY
Guy Miller Struve
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (Retired), New York, NY
Symeon C. Symeonides
Willamette University College of Law, Salem, OR
Louise Ellen Teitz
Roger Williams University School of Law, Bristol, RI
David B. Thronson
Michigan State University College of Law, East Lansing, MI
Peter D. Trooboff
Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC
Pierre-Hugues Verdier
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA
Spencer W. Waller
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, IL
Nancy E. Weiss
U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Christopher A. Whytock
University of California, Irvine School of Law, Irvine, CA
David B. Wilson
David B. Wilson Dispute Resolution LLC, Denver, CO
Eric H. Zagrans
Zagrans Law Firm LLC, Columbus, OH