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Last Entry: May 24, 2013 at 06:30:00

Abandoned Property: Star Wars Edition

Posted on May 24, 2013
Here?s an interesting set of pictures from photographer Rä di Martino of Star Wars sets that were abandoned in Morocco and Tunisia. Through the decades there have been various efforts to save these landmarks, but for the most part they...

Bright & Hopkins on Models of Affordable Home Ownership in England

Posted on May 24, 2013
Susan Bright (Oxford) and Nick Hopkins (Southampton) have posted Evaluating Legal Models of Affordable Home Ownership in England (Book Chapter) on SSRN. Here's the abstract: In this chapter we analyze the legal routes used to deliver Low Cost Home Ownership...

The Best Venn Diagram in History?

Posted on May 23, 2013
This. Always this. Steve Clowney

Dellapenna on Groundwater

Posted on May 23, 2013
Joseph Dellapenna (Villanova) has posted A Primer on Groundwater Law (Idaho) on SSRN. Here's the abstract: The greater part of fresh water on the planet Earth is under ground and most of that qualifies as "groundwater" in the sense of...

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How We Think About Property - Changes Across Time

Posted on May 23, 2013
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. Schorr focuses on water law in the U.S. and in...

Pennsylvania Landowners Can Get Cash on Spot for Mineral Rights

Posted on May 22, 2013
Fracking continues to kick-up property issues: The practice has its roots in the early days of the drilling boom, when companies from around the world began leasing land as fast as they could -- locking the property into five-year deals...

The Art of Tall Buildings

Posted on May 22, 2013
French photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze has been been fascinated with Hong Kong's tall buildings, with which the city has become synonymous. His images are published in his book, Vertical Horizons. Steve Clowney

Zacks on the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007

Posted on May 22, 2013
Dustin Zacks (King, Nieves & Zacks PLLC) has posted Avoiding Insult to Injury: Extending and Expanding Cancellation of Indebtedness Income Tax Exemptions for Homeowners (Arkansas Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract: This article offers a critical analysis of anti-homeowner...

Poverty Moves to the Suburbs

Posted on May 21, 2013
Emily Badger reports: [O]ver the last decade, suburbs have increasingly become home to America's poor. Between 2000 and 2011, the population living in American cities below the poverty line increased by 29 percent. During that same time, across the country...

Map of the Day: Most Popular Baby Name by State

Posted on May 21, 2013
Steve Clowney

Arlen and Tontrup on the Endowment Effect

Posted on May 21, 2013
Jennifer Arlen (NYU) and Stephan Tontrup (Max Planck Institute) have posted A Process Account of the Endowment Effect: Voluntary Debiasing Through Agents and Markets on SSRN. Here's the abstract: We contest the loss aversion theory of the endowment effect, in...

Judge Orders Los Angeles BID to Dissolve

Posted on May 20, 2013
A reminder that not everyone loves Business Improvement Districts: A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ordered the Arts District Business Improvement District to dissolve, capping a long feud between the entity and a group of property owners. The BID...

Foundling Tokens

Posted on May 20, 2013
Slate has a captivating piece on "foundling tokens." During the 18th century, mothers who left their babies at London?s Foundling Hospital would deposit something small, but unique, with the hospital to serve as an identifier in the event parents returned...

Yoo on the Emerging Technologies and Property Theory

Posted on May 20, 2013
Christopher Yoo (Penn) has posted Beyond Coase: Emerging Technologies and Property Theory (Penn) on SSRN. Here's the abstract: In addition to prompting the development of the Coase Theorem, Ronald Coase?s landmark 1959 article on The Federal Communications Commission touched off...

Fines for Agents Who Show Illegal Apartments

Posted on May 17, 2013
The N.Y. Times reports on a local initiative: The Department of Buildings has begun issuing fines to agents and brokers who advertise and show illegal apartments for rent, a new step in a long battle that has traditionally taken on...

Ten Buildings That Changed American Architecture

Posted on May 17, 2013
In the PBS special 10 Buildings that Changed America, two architecture gurus discuss the origins of some of the country?s most important buildings. The hour-long program, which premiered this week take a look at thestories and engineering behind 10 influential...

Godsil and Simunovich on the Mortgage Crisis and the Ethic of Homeownership

Posted on May 17, 2013
Rachel Godsil (Seton Hall) and David Simunovich (Seton Hall) have posted Protecting Status: The Mortgage Crisis, Eminent Domain, and the Ethic of Homeownership (Fordham) on SSRN. Here's the abstract: Homeownership is in crisis. Millions of families are at risk of...

Important Nuisance Case in Maryland

Posted on May 16, 2013
From Joe Singer's blog: The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled in Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Albright, ? A.3d ?, 2013 WL 673738 (Md. 2013) that property owners near a gas station where 26,000 gallons of gasoline spilled from an underground...

Building Implosion Fail

Posted on May 15, 2013
Oops. Steve Clowney

Varadarajan on Improvement Doctrines

Posted on May 15, 2013
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" nature of the act alter the liability...

The NY Times Interviews Land Use Lawyer

Posted on May 14, 2013
In the paper's Real Estate section, Vivian Marino sits down for an interview with land use lawyer Melanie Meyers, a partner at Fried Frank who represents several large developers. A sample: Q. Let?s talk about some of your projects, starting...

Top 10 Best Cities To Move To Today

Posted on May 14, 2013
The Onion takes on "best cities" lists to hilarious effect. Steve Clowney

Stern on State Legislative Checks and Judicial Takings

Posted on May 14, 2013
Stephanie Stern (Chicago-Kent) has posted Protecting Property Through Politics: State Legislative Checks and Judicial Takings (Minnesota) on SSRN. Here's the abstract: In the 2010 Supreme Court case Stop the Beach Renourishment v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, a plurality of...

Tsarnaev Burial Saga Highlights Flaw in the Law of Human Remains

Posted on May 12, 2013
The Worcester (Massachusetts) Police Department reports that Tamerlan Tsarnaev?s body was buried in an undisclosed location in the middle of the night this week, bringing an end to a sad, unprecedented soap opera. This controversy has been resolved ? but...

Awesome Pictures of Places You've Never Heard of But Want to Go

Posted on May 09, 2013
Extremely cool pictures of weird (but real) places. Steve Clowney

Homeownership Kills Jobs

Posted on May 09, 2013
The Washington Post reports: The idea that owning a home makes it harder to find a job because of higher moving costs is now known as ?Oswald?s hypothesis.? And it?s come in for plenty of scrutiny. Some economists, for instance,...

Writing Competition for Property Students

Posted on May 08, 2013
From friend of the blog, Tim Mulvaney: The Texas Wesleyan Journal of Real Property Law (Property Journal) is holding a national writing competition for all law students on any topic falling into the general theme of real property law. This...

Map of the Day: Everybody Lives in Asia

Posted on May 08, 2013
Matt Yglesias makes a prediction: So now that all the countries inside the circle are politically independent and only a handful of them are still governed by totally insane ideologies, we should expect most of the action to happen where...

Pimentel on Forfeiture Law

Posted on May 08, 2013
David Pimentel (Ohio Northern) has posted Forfeitures Revisited: Bringing Principle to Practice in Federal Court (Nevada Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract: Dramatically expanded use of federal forfeitures since the 1980s has raised persistent concerns about government overreaching in...

Where Is Jay Gatsby?s Mansion?

Posted on May 07, 2013
Slate goes looking for West Egg. Steve Clowney

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