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Property

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PropertyProf Blog March 11, 2013
Burger & Frymer on Property Law and American Empire
By propertyprof
Michael Burger (Roger Williams) and Paul Frymer (Princeton - Politics) have posted Property Law and American Empire (Hawaii Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Current scholarship by legal commentators and…
PropertyProf Blog February 27, 2013
Carrier on Limiting Copyright Through Property
By propertyprof
Michael Carrier (Rutgers - Camden) has posted Limiting Copyright Through Property (book chapter) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:In recent years, copyright has become more like property. Copyright has expanded to…
PropertyProf Blog February 26, 2013
Princeton University Giving Away Houses
By propertyprof
Princeton University is giving away a number of houses that it owns. The catch: If you want one of the homes you need to haul it off the campus yourself:The…
PropertyProf Blog February 22, 2013
Sawers on the History of Trespass
By propertyprof
Brian Sawers (Maryland - VAP) has posted Keeping Up with the Joneses: Making Sure Your History Is Just as Wrong as Everyone Else's (Michigan Law Review First Impressions) on SSRN. …
The Faculty Lounge February 18, 2013
Imagining the World We Teach and Write
If you were describing the raison d’etre for why your course matters, what would that look like? This semester, I find myself teaching two core first year courses -- Property…
The Faculty Lounge February 14, 2013
Pave Paradise?
An interesting story from Hawaii. Warning: property and law-and-economics people might begin hyperventilating during the story. Do not watch unaccompanied.
PropertyProf Blog February 9, 2013
Tinkering with property, from Havana to Hershey
By propertyprof
One of the most unlikely tourist attractions in Cuba is the tiny town of Hershey. Located about 40 miles east of Havana, Hershey was established by Milton Hershey himself in…
PropertyProf Blog February 1, 2013
Introducing Guest Blogger Meghan Morris
By propertyprof
I'm thrilled to announce that anthropologist/lawyer Meghan Morris has agreed to guest blog during the month of February and share some of her insights about comparative property regimes. Meghan is…
The Faculty Lounge January 31, 2013
American Folk Art in the Nineteenth Century
I think you may enjoy Roberta Smith's article in today's New York Times, "Curator Tear Down These Walls," which argues for the integration of pre-twentieth century folk landscape paintings into…
PropertyProf Blog January 28, 2013
Lewinsohn-Zamir on Monetary Versus In-Kind Remedies
By propertyprof
Daphna Lewinsohn-Zamir (Hebrew University) has posted Can't Buy Me Love: Monetary Versus In-Kind Remedies (Illinois Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:The choice of appropriate remedies is a major concern…