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Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act records

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Call Number:
ALI.04.018
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library
Extent:
14 items
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item], in the Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act Records, American Law Institute Archives, ALI.04.018, Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.
Date:
1937-1941 (inclusive)
Creator:
American Law Institute
Abstract:
In 1936, The American Law Institute and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law jointly undertook a project to draft a statute that established a common policy for dealing with contributions among people who have been found guilty of committing a wrong. The statute, promulgated in 1939, was called the Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act. The collection, 1937-1941, includes drafts and correspondence related to the joint ALI-NCCUSL project to draft a model statute concerned with contributions among tortfeasors.

In 1936, The American Law Institute (ALI) and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law (NCCUSL) jointly undertook a project to draft a statute that established a common policy for dealing with contributions among people who have been found guilty of committing a wrong. The statute, promulgated in 1939, was called the Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act.

The Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act Records, 1937-1941, include drafts and correspondence related to the joint ALI-NCCUSL project to draft a model statute concerned with contributions among tortfeasors.

Throughout this collection, researchers should note the following abbreviations when examining the collection: "PD" stands for Preliminary Draft "TD" stands for Tentative Draft "CD" stands for Council Draft

First shipment received from the American Law Institute in 1995.

An item-level container list is available offline in spreadsheet form.

Preliminary container list prepared by Melissa Backes, 1995-2005.

Processed and encoded by Jordon Steele, May 2008.

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Publisher
University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library
Finding Aid Author
Jordon Steele
Finding Aid Date
2008
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Collection Inventory

1937 Preliminary Draft no. 1. Prepared by the reporter, Charles O. Gregory, for submission to the advisers., 1937 June 9.
Box 1 Box Folder 1
1937 Memorandum on PD no. 1. Prepared by the reporter, Charles O. Gregory, for submission to the advisors., 1937 June 9.
Box 1 Box Folder 2
1937 PD no. 2. Prepared by the reporter, Charles O. Gregory, for submission to the advisers., 1937 October 18.
Box 1 Box Folder 3
1938 Proposed Tentative Draft no. 1. Reporter: Charles O. Gregory., 1938 January 17.
Box 1 Box Folder 4
1938 TD no. 1. Reporter: Charles O. Gregory., 1938 March 31.
Box 1 Box Folder 5
1938 TD no. 1-questions suggested for discussion at 16th annual meeting., 1938 May 12-14.
Box 1 Box Folder 6
1939 Revision for scrutiny of executive committee of the council of revision of TD no. 1., 1939 January 24.
Box 1 Box Folder 7
1939 Revision of TD no. 1. Reporter: Charles O. Gregory., 1939 January 24.
Box 1 Box Folder 8
1939 Proposed final draft no. 1. Reporter: Charles O. Gregory., 1939 April 24.
Box 1 Box Folder 9
1937-1938 PD no. 1 and proposed TD no. 1. , 1937 June; 1938 January.
Box 1
1939 Statement of the director to the executive committee in re: contribution among tortfeasors act., 1939 April 24.
Box 1 Box Folder 10
1939 Uniform contribution among tortfeasors act. Drafted in cooperation with the ALI by the NCCUSL and by it approved and recommended for enactment in all the states at its 49th annual conference. , 1939 July 3-8.
Box 1 Box Folder 11

1941 William Draper Lewis, William Schnader, E. C. Sherwood., 1941.
Box 1 Box Folder 12

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