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 PropertyprofBloghttp://feedburner.google.com How do cranes get to the top of skyscrapers? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168ebc42b66970c 2012-05-25T06:00:00-04:00 2012-05-25T10:00:00Z 2012-05-25T10:00:00Z Slate has an answer to the question you've been pondering: [T]here are actually three ways: 1) the external climbing method, in which the crane—the arm plus its tower—expands upward along the outside of the building, 2) the internal climbing method,... propertyprof New Urbanism Defeats the US Military tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016766bb3044970b 2012-05-24T07:00:00-04:00 2012-05-24T11:00:00Z 2012-05-24T11:00:00Z Military planners are now trying to make bases more walkable: At military installations, suburban-style sprawl is out and walkable communities are in, under new Defense Department planning guidelines. The guidelines, released this week, call for "compact development" that incorporates mass... propertyprof Celebrity Sellers Have Little Effect on Home Prices tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168ebbc9b0c970c 2012-05-24T06:30:00-04:00 2012-05-24T10:30:00Z 2012-05-24T10:30:00Z The LA Times reports that buyers won't pay more for the homes of the rich and super famous: Although the masses respond to rock-star branding, housing is too expensive for celebrity ownership to make a measurable dollar difference, said Elizabeth... propertyprof Austin on Property Theory tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016305c71052970d 2012-05-24T06:00:00-04:00 2012-05-24T10:00:00Z 2012-05-24T10:00:00Z Lisa Austin (Toronto) has posted Possession and the Distractions of Philosophy (chapter of book edited by Jeremy Penner and Henry Smith) on SSRN. Here's the abstract: This paper argues that many types of philosophical argument distract us, rather than provide... propertyprof Lawns Stink tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168ebb38c27970c 2012-05-23T06:00:00-04:00 2012-05-23T15:31:46Z 2012-05-23T10:00:00Z Kevin Baldwin makes the case against the American lawn: I have never understood lawns. What exactly is the point? A uniform swath of green grass seems so contrived and unnatural. [...] This is more than simply an academic exercise. Multiply... propertyprof Chodorow on Death and Taxes and ZOMBIES! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016305be28b8970d 2012-05-23T05:59:00-04:00 2012-05-24T00:20:24Z 2012-05-23T09:59:00Z Adam Chodorow (Arizona State) has posted Death and Taxes and Zombies (Iowa Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract: The U.S. stands on the precipice of a financial disaster, and Congress has done nothing but bicker. Of course, I refer... propertyprof The Psychology of Parking Space Ownership tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016766a98428970b 2012-05-22T06:30:00-04:00 2012-05-22T10:30:00Z 2012-05-22T10:30:00Z People are triflin': Three studies showed that drivers leaving a public parking space are territorial even when such behavior is contrary to their goal of leaving. In Study 1 (observations of 200 departing cars), intruded-upon drivers took longer to leave... propertyprof Adverse Possession, Takings and the State tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168ebadcd16970c 2012-05-22T06:10:19-04:00 2012-05-22T10:10:19Z 2012-05-22T10:10:19Z William Marra, Harvard Law School, has posted Adverse Possession, Takings, and the State on SSRN. Here's the abstract: Normally, the government may not seize private land without paying for that land. Yet it turns out that governmental bodies sometimes avail... propertyprof Adverse Possession Articles Miscellaneous Property Theory Recent Scholarship Takings AALS Call for Papers tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016305b568be970d 2012-05-22T06:00:00-04:00 2012-05-22T10:00:00Z 2012-05-22T10:00:00Z From the AALS Property Section: The AALS Section on Property is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for its joint program with the AALS Section on Natural Resources & Energy Law during the AALS 2013 Annual Meeting in New... propertyprof "so that every poor man may have a home" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016766a9284a970b 2012-05-21T19:50:12-04:00 2012-05-21T23:50:12Z 2012-05-21T23:50:12Z I love talking about the 1862 Homestead Act in Property, but I'm always amazed at how little students know about what I regard as a pivotal law in American history. (It was personally significant too, as nearly all of my... propertyprof Miscellaneous Who Owns Zimbabwe's Minerals? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016305aee184970d 2012-05-21T07:00:00-04:00 2012-05-21T12:06:01Z 2012-05-21T11:00:00Z The N.Y. Times documents Mugabe's attempt to put more of Zimbabwe's mineral wealth in the hands of the indigenous black population. Fascinating stuff: According to Zimbabwe’s indigenization law, black Zimbabweans must own 51 percent of shares of foreign companies operating... propertyprof UPDATE: Marker's Mark Seal Deserves Trademark Protection tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168eba43a2b970c 2012-05-21T06:30:00-04:00 2012-05-21T10:30:00Z 2012-05-21T10:30:00Z Last week the Sixth Circuit held that the producers of Maker's Mark bourbon can stop rival distilleries from using red wax seals on their bottles. Writing for a unanimous panel, Judge Boyce Martin (of Louisville) ruled that Maker's Mark has... propertyprof Eagle on Urban Redevelopment tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016766a250aa970b 2012-05-21T06:00:00-04:00 2012-05-21T10:00:00Z 2012-05-21T10:00:00Z Steven Eagle (George Mason) has posted Rethinking Urban Development (George Mason Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract: This short article discusses urban redevelopment, and its relation to economic productivity and various concepts of well being. It notes that solutions... propertyprof Land Use Rules Have Prevented Four Million People From Moving to the Bay Area tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168eb947ae0970c 2012-05-18T06:30:00-04:00 2012-05-18T10:30:00Z 2012-05-18T10:30:00Z Timothy Lee details how bad land use planning has contributed to the slow recovery: [S]ince 1990, the population of the Bay Area has grown by less than 20 percent. That’s slower than the growth rate for the country as a... propertyprof Kreiczer-Levy on Testamentary freedom v. Familial Continuity tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168eb94293e970c 2012-05-18T06:00:00-04:00 2012-05-18T10:00:00Z 2012-05-18T10:00:00Z Shelly Kreiczer-Levy (Academic Center of Law & Business - Israel) has posted Inheritance Legal Systems and the Intergenerational Bond (Real Property, Probate, & Trust Law Journal) on SSRN. Here's the abstract: This article offers an analysis of three legal systems... propertyprof "Property Law" at law school tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0163059f174f970d 2012-05-17T22:20:12-04:00 2012-05-18T02:20:12Z 2012-05-18T02:20:12Z I didn't take a course in "Property" in my New Zealand LLB; rather, I took courses in "Land Law" and "Equity and Succession". Some thoughts: * The basis of Land Law was the Torrens system and issues around indefeasibility, though... propertyprof Estates In Land Future Interests and the RAP Law Schools Property Theory Recording and Title Issues The Dangers of Unmarked Graves tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0163059ce318970d 2012-05-17T12:05:29-04:00 2012-05-17T16:05:29Z 2012-05-17T16:05:29Z Sometimes, when digging the foundation for a new structure, you find a few unmarked graves. Or 1400+ unmarked graves. Tanya Marsh propertyprof Land Use Miscellaneous Religious Land Use Has Mortgage Fraud Decreased? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168eb8e1c56970c 2012-05-17T06:30:00-04:00 2012-05-17T10:30:00Z 2012-05-17T10:30:00Z The LA Times sizes up new tools that help lenders catch people who fib on their mortgage applications: Sometimes the fraud check is as simple as a quick call to the customer right before the loan is closed to verify... propertyprof Bond on Honor as Property tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016305984420970d 2012-05-17T06:00:00-04:00 2012-05-17T10:00:00Z 2012-05-17T10:00:00Z Johanna Bond (Washington and Lee) has posted Honor as Property (Columbia Journal of Gender and Law) on SSRN. Here's the abstract: This Article is the first to use a property lens to explore the social construction of honor within legal... propertyprof The Death of a Town tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168eb8d8679970c 2012-05-16T17:38:45-04:00 2012-05-16T21:38:45Z 2012-05-16T21:38:45Z The New York Times has a fascinating article today about the abandonment of Treece, Kansas, a town built literally on top of zinc and lead mines and now thoroughly, completely, contaminated. The mining companies that caused the contamination and abandoned... propertyprof Land Use Miscellaneous Natural Resources