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American Law Institute Uniform Property Act records

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
ALI.04.013
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library
Extent:
1 linear_foot
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item], in the Uniform Property Act Records, American Law Institute Archives, ALI.04.013, Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.
Date:
1936-1938 (inclusive)
Creator:
American Law Institute
Abstract:
In 1935, the American Law Institute (ALI) partnered with the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law to create an act that would complement the ALI's earlier Restatement of the Law of Property. At the time, the NCCUSL had already begun work on a Uniform Property Act. Richard Powell served as the reporter on the project representing the ALI. The resulting document, the Uniform Property Act, was adopted by the ALI in December 1958. The collection, 1936-1938, includes drafts, memoranda, and related records created in the course of drafting the Uniform Property Act.

In 1935, the American Law Institute (ALI) partnered with the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law (NCCUSL) to create an act that would complement the ALI's earlier Restatement of the Law of Property. At the time, the NCCUSL had already begun work on a Uniform Property Act. Richard Powell served as the reporter on the project representing the ALI. The resulting document, the Uniform Property Act, was adopted by the ALI in December 1958.

The Uniform Property Act Records, 1936-1938, include drafts, memoranda, and related records created in the course of drafting the Uniform Property Act.

Chronological.

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.

For additional records related to the ALI's work on the law of property at this time, see the First Restatement of the Law Records (ALI.04.001), Series 6.

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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

1936? Law of property act. Note to advisers. , 1936?.
Box 1 Box Folder 1
1936 Law of property act. Report of progress. Reporter: Richard R. Powell., 1936 March 25.
Box 1 Box Folder 2
1936 Law of property act. Report of progress. Reporter: Richard R. Powell., 1936 March 25.
Box 1 Box Folder 3
1936 Law of property act. Articles 2, 4. Prepared by A. James Casner., 1936 August 20.
Box 1 Box Folder 4
1936 Law of property act. Preliminary Draft no. 1, articles 1-3. Reporters: J. Warren Madden, A. James Casner, Lewis M. Sims., 1936 December 11.
Box 1 Box Folder 5
1937 Appendix to proposed Tentative Draft no. 1. (Uniform) property act. Contents: brief 1, rules of consideration in Wild's case and related cases (§ 12 of uniform property act); brief 2, doctrine of worthier title and related doctrine applicable to deeds (§ 13-14 of uniform property act). , 1937 February 4.
1937 Proposed TD no. 1. (Uniform) property act. Reporters: A. James Casner, J. Warren Madden, Lewis M. Simes. Subject covered: § 1-26, inclusive. For Feb. council meeting, 1937., 1937 February 5.
Box 1 Box Folder 6
1937 Statement in re section 20 of the uniform property act, TD no. 1., 1937 April 1.
Box 1 Box Folder 7
1937 TD no. 1. [Uniform] Property act. Reporters: A. James Casner, J. Warren Madden, Lewis M. Simes, Henry Upson Sims. Subject covered: sections 1-26, inclusive. For 15th annual meeting, 1937. , 1937 April 6.
Box 1 Box Folder 8
1937 Property act. TD no. 1. Questions suggested for discussion at the 15th annual meeting., 1937 May 6-8.
Box 1 Box Folder 9
1937 Property act. PD no. 2, articles 4-5. Reporter: Lewis M. Simes., 1937 July 1.
Box 1 Box Folder 10
1937 [Uniform] Property act. PD no. 3. Perpetuities, accumulations. Prepared by Lewis M. Simes., 1937 December 11.
Box 1 Box Folder 11
1938 PD no. 5. Property act. Reporter: A. James Casner. Subject covered: revision of TD no. 1. For Feb. council meeting, 1938. ., 1938 February 1.
Box 1 Box Folder 12
1938 Perpetuities act and accumulations act. PD no. 4. Reporter: Lewis M. Simes. For council meeting, Feb. 22-26, 1938. , 1938 February 4.
Box 1 Box Folder 13
1938 Proposed final draft no. 1. Property act. Reporter: A. James Casner. Subject covered: an act to assimilate interests in real and personal property to each other, to simplify their creation and transfer and to protect the owners of present and future interests. For 16th annual meeting, 1938. , 1938 April 2.
Box 1 Box Folder 14
1938 Law of property act. Proposed final draft no. 1. Questions suggested for discussion at 16th annual meeting., 1938 May 12-14.
Box 1 Box Folder 15
1938 The uniform property act. Written by ALI and NCCUSL. , 1938 December 15.
Box 1 Box Folder 16

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