Many of the leading academic thinkers about tort law gathered the first week of April to discuss the Third Restatement of Torts. The project, begun by the late Gary Schwartz of UCLA, and Harvey Perlman (now Chancellor of University of Nebraska), came into the hands of a new team mid-stream. Michael Green and Bill Powers (who were Reporters for the Apportionment of Liability Restatement) took the reins.
They have a product near completion. It addresses key concepts such as duty, scope of liability (proximate cause), liability for emotional distress, and landowner liability (proposing a new framework).
Green and Powers were bold enough to invite many of the leading lights, including both critics and supporters.
The audio and the papers are available here.
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