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Property

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Land Use Prof Blog October 3, 2011
Land Use at the Supreme Court, Part II
By Land Use Prof
In an earlier post I commented on two land use cases on which the Supreme Court will hear arguments this term. I suggested that Sackett v. EPA and PPL Montana…
PropertyProf Blog October 3, 2011
Don’t Sell This Home. Ever.
By propertyprof
Here's a property story from my local paper. Heiress Emma Watts grew up in creepy-looking mansion in Richmond, Kentucky. During her life, the local university (Eastern Kentucky U.), repeatedly attempted…
PropertyProf Blog October 3, 2011
Rethinking Kelo
By propertyprof
In case you missed it last week, Jeff Bendict, author of a book about the Kelo case and the failure of New London's development project, has reported that one of…
Land Use Prof Blog September 27, 2011
Diamond on Shared Equity Housing
By Land Use Prof
Michael Diamond (Georgetown) has posted Shared Equity Housing: Cultural Understanding and the Meaning of Ownership, a chapter in the recently published book The Public Nature of Private Property (Ashgate, Malloy and Diamond,…
PropertyProf Blog September 23, 2011
The King’s Two Bodies
By propertyprof
A lovely blog post on Adverse Possession, Shakespeare, and the nature of the English Monarch. Here's the first paragraph:Today I wrap up teaching one of my favorite subjects in Property…
PropertyProf Blog September 15, 2011
How Much is the Life Estate in the Window?
By propertyprof
From the Chicago Tribune, a quick Q&A about a dispute between a life tenant and a remainderman who wants to cash-in his interest in the property.Steve Clowney
Land Use Prof Blog September 13, 2011
“Bundle of Rights” symposium on Econ Journal Watch
By Land Use Prof
Econ Journal Watch has published an online symposium featuring a number of short pieces by leading scholars debating the "bundle of rights" characterization of property, which has been critiqued over the…
PropertyProf Blog August 25, 2011
Harvard University Press & Property
By propertyprof
Daniel Solove highlights a few new releases from Harvard University Press that should be of interest to Property Profs:1. Stuart Banner, American Property: A History of How, Why, and What…
The Faculty Lounge August 22, 2011
Cemetery Law in a Monument (at Gettysburg National Cemetery)
On the 170th anniversary of the Nat Turner rebellion -- which began on August 22, 1831 -- I thought that I'd post a little on the Civil War. It would…
PropertyProf Blog August 19, 2011
Blumm on Johnson v. M’Intosh
By propertyprof
Michael Blumm (Lewis & Clark) has posted Why Aboriginal Title is a Fee Simple Absolute (Lewis & Clark Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:The Supreme Court’s 1823 decision in…