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Property

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The Faculty Lounge June 4, 2010
But see, e.g., The Tea Party
I have been thinking a bit lately about the connections between property law and theory and constitutional law and theory. As such, I have been reading some older materials pertaining…
Land Use Prof Blog May 27, 2010
Dagan on Independence and Interdependence and the Pluralism of Property
By Land Use Prof
Hanoch Dagan (Tel Aviv) has posted From Independence and Interdependence to the Pluralism of Property, forthcoming in PROPERTY, STATE AND COMMUNITY (Oxford U. Press). The abstract:This paper is one chapter…
The Faculty Lounge May 20, 2010
Cover Art and Book Content
Those of us who've used the Norton Anthology of American Literature will recognize Asher Durand's Kindred Spirits (now owned by Alice Walton's Crystal Bridges Art Museum), which depicts the landscape…
Land Use Prof Blog April 13, 2010
Chiappetta on The (Practical) Meaning of Property
By Land Use Prof
Vincent Chiappetta (Willamette) has posted The (Practical) Meaning of Property, Willamette Law Review, Vol. 46 (2009). The abstract:The paper argues that defining property functionally – as a flexible tool for implementing…
Land Use Prof Blog April 12, 2010
Justice Stevens (and Prof. Echeverria) on property rights
By Land Use Prof
With all the news about Justice Stevens' retirement announcement, I haven't seen any immediate discussions yet of his legacy in the area of property rights and takings. In his 35…
Land Use Prof Blog April 9, 2010
Sawers on the Right to Exclude
By Land Use Prof
Brian Sawers (O'Connor Fellow, Arizona State) has posted Is the Right to Exclude Fundamental to Property? The abstract:Kaiser Aetna identifies the right to exclude as a core element of property,…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog April 5, 2010
Book Discusses Effect of the Dead Hand
By Gerry W. Beyer
Ray D. Madoff (law professor, Boston College) recently published her book Immortality and the Law: The Rising Power of the American Dead (Yale University Press, 2010). The following is the…
The Faculty Lounge March 23, 2010
Catching My Eye
Readers who enjoy the intersection of law and popular culture may wish to download an article recently posted to SSRN and co-authored by John Marshall (Atlanta) law profs Michael Kent…
Land Use Prof Blog February 26, 2010
Rajora on Land Acquisition in the U.S. and India
By Land Use Prof
Varsha Rajora has posted Land Acquisition: Its Legal and Constitutional Implications. The abstract:Property is the most ancient, the most vital institution, with which man became concerned. Its original function is…
PropertyProf Blog February 11, 2010
Property Theory and HBO’s Deadwood (part 2)
By propertyprof
In my last post, I noted how HBO's television series Deadwood reflected a Lockean concept of property. The mining camp of Deadwood exists in a state of nature without organized government, but…