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28 A.L.I. Rep. 1 (2005-2006)

handle is hein.ali/alireporter0028 and id is 1 raw text is: VOLUME 28 W 7 o| FALL 2005 PUBLISHED BY T14E AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE THAT'S DEBATABLE: THE ALI AS A PUBLIC POLICY FORUM Seventh in an occasional series The ALl and Proposed Statutes, Part II n my last letter, I reviewed a num- ber of ALI's proposed statutes, such as the Model Penal Code and the Federal Securities Code, and posed some questions concerning the desirability of the ALI's tackling statutory projects in light of the ever- present possibility that the proposed legislation may never be enacted. Such questions are not merely aca- demic, as demonstrated by the debate The President's Letter at this year's Annual Meeting over the form of our project on the Recog- nition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. The original impetus for our work on the Foreign Judgments project was a request by the U.S. Department of State that we prepare U.S. implement- ing legislation for an expected Hague Convention on the subject. As our Re- porters and Advisers worked, circum- stances changed at The Hague, and the effort slowed and finally took a narrower form. Nonetheless, our ex- perts encouraged the Institute to draft proposed U.S. legislation that many believe would be desirable but is not likely-for various political reasons- to receive attention in Congress in the near term. Thus, this is an example of the ALI's devoting resources to a pro- posed federal statute that, although unlikely to be enacted soon, nonethe- less has the potential to influence (a) revisions in state legislation that may be enactable, (b) litigation in state and federal courts, and (c) U.S. and inter- national discussion and debate about a vital subject. The issue whether the ALI should engage in such an effort was the subject of vigorous and con- structive debate at the Annual Meet- ing and was resolved in favor of rec- ommending the proposed statute and accompanying commentary. continued on page 2 Professor Ronald M. Dworkin and Judge Richard A. Posner Awarded Institute's Henry Friendly Medal for Outstanding Contributions to the Law Ronald M. Dworkin, the Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at New York University, and Richard A. Posner, Judge and former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, have received the Institute's Henry Friendly Medal. They were jointly honored for their prolific and profound contribu- tions to legal thought in the spirit of the late Judge Friendly. The awards were presented at a dinner on October 20 during the Council's meeting in New York City. In his letter recommending that the Friendly Medal be awarded to these two men, Chief Judge Michael Boudin, the Chair of the Henry J. Friendly Award Committee, noted that Professor Dworkin is immense- ly admired as a legal philosopher associated with the view that morals play an important part in the development and application of law. He is thus connected in certain respects to the great natural law tradition with an associated emphasis on personal rights which is one of the two cen- a tral strains in Anglo American legal thinking.... In legal philosophy, rot once int accord, lFrojussur DwomI Ir ntt an jud sUnet both enjoy their moment of well-deserved recognition on receiving the Friendly Medal. continued on page 6 IT.

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