PropertyProf Blog
Covers news, issues and developments in property law, mainly for a legal education audience.
Author: D. Benjamin Barros, an associate professor of law at Widener University School of Law, edits PropertyProf Blog with contributing editors Rose Cuison Villazor, a law professor at Southern Methodist University, and Alfred L. Brophy, a law professor at the University of Alabama. Brophy also contributes to MoneyLaw and Ratio Juris.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Professors • Real Estate & Property Law • Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law • University of Alabama • Widener University • Law Professor
Recent Posts from PropertyProf Blog
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Info on GELPI Takings Conference
This year's GELPI Takings Conference will be held at Stanford Law School on November 6-7. The brochure is now available online. Ben Barros [Comments are held for approval, so there will be some delay in…
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Harding on Perpetual Property
Sarah Harding (Chicago Kent) has posted Perpetual Property on SSRN. Here's the abstract: This paper explores the emergence of perpetual property in a number of discrete areas of property law: the longevity of servitudes in…
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Kent on Constitutional Property
Michael B. Kent Jr. (John Marshall Atlanta) has posted From 'Preferred Position' to 'Poor Relation': History, Wilkie v. Robbins, and the Status of Property Rights Under the Takings Clause on SSRN. Here's the abstract: This…
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Lehavi on Globalization of Land Laws
Amnon Lehavi (Interdisciplinary Center Herzliyah - Radzyner School of Law) has posted The Universal Law of the Land on SSRN. Here's the abstract: Are we witnessing the gradual globalization of national land laws, which have…
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Daniels on "Revitalizing Zion: Nineteenth-Century Mormonism and Today's Urban Sprawl"
This is a topic about which I know much less that I ought to--and a mighty interesting paper, as well. Professor Brigham Daniels of the University of Houston Law Center has just posted "Revitalizing Zion:…
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Somin on Constitutional Property Rights
Ilya Somin (George Mason) has posted Taking Property Rights Seriously? The Supreme Court and the 'Poor Relation' of Constitutional Law on SSRN. Here's the abstract: Over the last twenty-five years, the Supreme Court has expanded…
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Higgins on Legal Impact of Sea Level Rise
Megan E. Higgins (Roger Williams) has posted Sea Level Rise Impacts on Beaches and Coastal Property on SSRN. Here's the abstract: The causes of sea level rise; the impacts to beaches and coastal property; state…
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Smith from Yale to Harvard
Brian Leiter reports that Henry Smith is moving from Yale to Harvard. Ben Barros [Comments are held for approval, so there will be some delay in posting]
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Fernandez on Pierson v. Post
Angela Fernandez (U. Toronto) has posted The Lost Record of Pierson v. Post, the Famous Fox Case on SSRN. Here's the abstract: Pierson v. Post, the famous fox case, has been reproduced in countless law…
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Historic Preservation of Brutalist Architecture, With a Bonus RLUIPA Angle!
NPR has a great story about controversies arising out of the landmarking of a D.C. church that is an important example of Brutalist architecture. An excerpt: In Washington, D.C., about two blocks from the White…