Topic
Property
479 published works
PropertyProf Blog
Couple Finds $10 Million Worth of Gold Coins in Old Tin Can
Finders Keepers?A senior expert at the firm representing a Northern California couple who discovered buried gold coins worth $10 million says he has not received any credible claims to the huge…
PropertyProf Blog
Krier & Serkin on The Possession Heuristic
James Krier (Michigan) and Christopher Serkin (Vanderbilt) have posted The Possession Heuristic on SSRN. Here's the abstract:This chapter for the forthcoming book, The Law and Economics of Possession (Yun-chien Chang,…
PropertyProf Blog
Pomeroy on Why Property Is So Hard
Chad Pomeroy (St. Mary's) has posted Why Is Property So Hard? (Rutgers Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:This paper seeks to flesh out the heterogeneity and inherent difficulty of…
PropertyProf Blog
Krier on Stop the Beach
James Krier (Michigan) has posted Judicial Takings: Musings on Stop the Beach (Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference Journal) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:This brief paper is a primer on and critique…
PropertyProf Blog
NEH Symposium on the Meaning of Property
This might be of interest to some property profs: The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced a four-week inter-disciplinary program on the "Meanings of Property" to be held this…
Land Use Prof Blog
Is a Right-of-Way an Easement?
Turning old railroad lines into parks and bike paths seems like a great idea. When it results in things like NYC's Highline Park who can complain, but not everyone is…
PropertyProf Blog
Dagan on the Pluralistic Conception of Property
Hanoch Dagan (Tel Aviv) has posted Property's Structural Pluralism: On Autonomy, the Rule of Law, and the Role of Blackstonian Ownership (Brigham-Kanner Prop. Rts. Conf. J.) on SSRN. Here's the…
Land Use Prof Blog
ALPS Deadline Extended
We here at Land Use Profs are big fans of the annual meeting of the Association of Law, Property and Society (ALPS). In fact, I beleive it was the one…
PropertyProf Blog
Chang & Smith on Comparative Property Law
Yun-chien Chang (Academia Sinica) & Henry Smith (Harvard) have posted Structure and Style in Comparative Property Law (Book Chapter) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:In this book chapter, we argue that the…
PropertyProf Blog
Miller on Property in the Bible
Geoffrey Miller (NYU) has posted Property in the Bible on SSRN. Here's the abstract:The Bible is a rich source of information about the theory and practice of property law in…