Here are my remarks from last week’s Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference at the William & Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia. Our panel spoke on “Property Rights in Times of Economic Crisis,” and included lawprofs James W. Ely (Vanderbilt), William Fischel, (Dartmouth), and Eric Kades (William & Mary). See the complete faculty list and agenda
Call For Authors: American Bar Association Book On Just Compensation Issues
Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court’s infamous decision in Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005), the focus of eminent domain scholarship and the public have been on the public use side of the condemnation equation.
However interesting those issues are (and they truly are), practitioners of eminent domain law understand
2012 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference
There’s still time to join us later this week at William & Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia for the 2012 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference, and the award of the B-K Prize to University of Michigan lawprof James Krier for his lifetime contributions to property law scholarship.
The Conference includes a day-long series of
Introducing The Hawaii Appellate Practice Manual (2012)
Introducing the recently-published Hawaii Appellate Practice Manual, your one-stop source for everything you need to know about appeals in Hawaii’s Supreme Court and the Intermediate Court of Appeals.
Our Damon Key colleagues contributed much to this work, with Rebecca Copeland serving as the editor and point person, and several DK attorneys authoring or contributing
New Book: The Law of Eminent Domain (A Fifty State Survey)
Just published: the ABA Section of Litigation (Condemnation, Zoning, and Land Use Committee) has released The Law of Eminent Domain — A Fifty State Survey (First Chair Press 2012). This book is a “single resource for eminent domain practitioners … a reference for questions about eminent domain and condemnation procedure in every state and the
Latest Edition Of Appellate Issues: Preparing an Effective Appellate Brief – The Expert View … And More
Update: some have reported difficulty with finding the How Appealing link below. Here’s a direct link to the issue.
The latest issue of Appellate Issues, the quarterly publication of the ABA’s Council of Appellate Lawyers is out, and features our article, “Preparing an Effective Appellate Brief – The Expert View.”
Also included
Book Review: Callies, Regulating Paradise (2d ed. 2010)
Professor Patricia E. Salkin (of the Law of the Land blog) has written this review of Professor David Callies’ Regulating Paradise: Land Use Controls in Hawaii (2d ed. 2010). The review is in the latest edition of the Urban Lawyer (43 Urb. Lawyer 1107 (2011)), the law review published by the ABA’s Section of
New Article: Judicial Takings or Due Process? (Cornell Law Review)
In our law review article on Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Fla. Dep’t of Environmental Protection, 103 S. Ct. 2592 (2010), we predicted that “the fractured opinions in the case will be a boon for academics who may continue the search for the ‘takings quark’ (if not woodchucks) in the pages of law
Book Report: Eminent Domain – A Handbook of Condemnation Law
To those who were able to join us this evening for the celebration of the publication of Eminent Domain – A Handbook of Condemnation Law, thank you.
The University of Hawaii Law School sponsored the reception, and it was good to see so many colleagues and friends in attendance. U.H. put the event
Book Reception: Eminent Domain – A Handbook of Condemnation Law (Honolulu, 12/6/2011)
Hold the date: on Tuesday, December 6, 2011, from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m., the University of Hawaii School of Law is sponsoring a reception at the Pacific Club, in Honolulu to celebrate the publication of Eminent Domain, a Handbook of Condemnation Law by the American Bar Association.
Since so many of the people who worked