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Property
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ImmigrationProf Blog
AALS Workshop on Poverty, Immigration and Property, June 10-12 in San Diego
The AALS Workshop on Poverty, Immigration and Property will be held June 10-12 in San Diego.The workshop brings together three communities of scholars: poverty, immigration and property to address historical…
PropertyProf Blog
How We Think About Property – Changes Across Time
By propertyprof
David Schorr, writing at the new blog Environment, Law, and History has some insightful things to say about how our conceptions of property and the environment have changed over time. …
Land Use Prof Blog
Edwards on the Paradoxes of Restitution
Mark Edwards (William Mitchell) has posted The Paradoxes of Restitution, forthcoming in the West Virginia Law Review. The abstract:Restitution following mass dispossession is often considered both ideal and impossible. Why?…
Sentencing Law and Policy
When can and how should sex offenders be responsible for harming property values?
Main May 16, 2013When can and how should sex offenders be responsible for harming property values? The provocative question in the title of this post is prompted by this recent…
PropertyProf Blog
Varadarajan on Improvement Doctrines
By propertyprof
Deepa Varadarajan (St. John's) has posted Improvement Doctrines (George Mason) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:When one party makes significant but unauthorized improvements to another's land, chattels or informational assets, should the "improving"…
The Faculty Lounge
Property Law and American Empire
Michael Burger and Paul Frymer have a new paper up on ssrn, "Property Law and American Empire," which is about to appear in the University of Hawaii Law Review. Cribbing…
The Faculty Lounge
The Great Gatsby and Anti-Feudalism in American Property Law
No sooner have I written about jurisprudence and Django than I see that everyone's talking about The Great Gatsby. Perhaps it's time to revisit a property question from the book,…
PropertyProf Blog
What Kind of Property is a Concert Ticket?
By propertyprof
The Wall Street Journal writes a property exam question on our behalf:California lawmakers on Tuesday voted to preserve one of the live-music industry's most divisive technologies: paperless tickets—which can be…
PropertyProf Blog
Recent SSRN Downloads
By propertyprof
In honor of the beginning of the month, here are the most downloaded property articles from SSRN over the last 60 days: 1. [198 downloads] The European Regulations on Succession of…
Land Use Prof Blog
Live Blogging ALPS: Carol Rose on Property Futures
The Association of Law, Property, and Society has presented its annual award to Carol Rose. She is being recognized for both her scholarship and her mentorship -- two areas where…