Topic
Privatisation
93 published works
Al-Mirsal
Middle East Privatisation – Saudi Arabia Par Excellence?
Saudi Arabia’s recently announced plans to privatise several key industries in the Kingdom has once again brought the Kingdom’s privatisation agenda back into the spotlight. The announcements form part of…
McNees Public Sector
Public Utility Companies Look to Gobble up Municipal Systems through Private Sales
By Tim Horstmann, James Dougherty
Large privately held, publicly regulated utility companies with a focus on rapid growth and expansion throughout the Commonwealth have a new target - municipally owned water and wastewater systems. Pennsylvania…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
City of San Antonio to Privatize Visitors Bureau by Creating New Nonprofit
The San Antonio City Council plans to privatize its Convention & Visitors Bureau by creating a new nonprofit to house the operations currently conducted by a governmental agency. The plan…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Profit Motive for Recent ICE Raids
Women and children first: legality of ICE raids in southern states scrutinizedthe guardianSouthern Poverty Law Center says sweeps are targeting solely women and children as a ‘family unit’ brings in…
PropertyProf Blog
Private property, markets, and natural resources: Lessons from Chile’s water code
By Jerrold Long
As part of this semester’s introduction to Environmental Law, I asked my students what “Environmental Law” means to them. The first answer was “government interference with private property rights.”Because any…
International Law Prof Blog
Michigan State International Law Review
The Michigan State International Law Review has published its latest issue and made all of its articles available online. Here's what's in the latest issue.(mew)ARTICLES: Cycling to Economic Freedom?: An…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Federal judge enjoins Tennessee county’s privatized probation system operating like debtors’ prison
Main December 21, 2015Federal judge enjoins Tennessee county's privatized probation system operating like debtors' prisonAs reported in this local article, "Judge's order frees 13 held for not paying probation fees,"…
La Revue
Après Toulouse, la privatisation des aéroports de Nice et de Lyon est lancée
La loi pour la croissance, l’activité et l’égalité des chances économiques, dite Loi Macron, a autorisé la privatisation de deux aéroports français, ceux de la Cote d’Azur (Nice, Cannes-Mandelieu, Saint-Tropez)…
PropertyProf Blog
Shagaida on Russia’s Policy of Agricultural Land Privatization
Natalia Shagaida (Gaidar Institute) has posted Russia’s Policy of Agricultural Land Privatization: A Total Lack of Coherence (Russian Economic Developments) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:When the issues of land privatization are…
PropertyProf Blog
Lee on Privatized Public Housing
Jamie Lee (Baltimore) has posted Rights at Risk in Privatized Public Housing (Tulsa Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Traditional public housing is dwindling. Federal policy has increasingly encouraged privatization,…