Due to our 808 roots, we’ve been fielding a lot of questions related to the ongoing eruption of Mauna Loa on the Big Island.
It’s big, it’s spectacular (see video above), and (for us) it’s law.
The questions (who owns “accreted” lava?, how does the NPS let the public out to see this?, what
Check this out: a new article from lawprof Mailyn Fidler (U Nebraska SOL), “Warranted Exclusion: A Case for a Fourth Amendment Built on the Right to Exclude,” 76 SMU L. Rev. ___ (2023) (forthcoming).
The Abstract:
Searches intrude; fundamentally, they infringe on a right to exclude. So that right should form the basis
Be sure to check out Northwestern Law Review’s symposium issue on “Reimagining Property Rights in the Era of Inequality.” which brought together “scholars of legal history, property, tax, land use, fair housing, environmental law, natural resources and water rights, family law, education, and constitutional law, to highlight new scholarship at the intersection of
Here’s your must-read for today, a new article from U. Va. lawprof Julia D. Mahoney, “Cedar Point Nursery and the End of the New Deal Settlement.”
Disclosure: we show up in footnote * along with others for offering “comments and conversations” about the piece.
Here’s the Abstract:
In Cedar Point Nursery v.
The International Right of Way Association‘s Real Estate Law Committee produces twice-a-year reports “which contain summaries of eminent domain decisions and legislation within the United States.”
And what is really nice is that they make the report available.
We’re posting it here because we’re one of the co-authors. Hat tip to our co-authors
Check this out: Pepperdine lawprof Shelley Saxer has a piece in Jotwell, “The Impact of Knick on Regulatory Takings and Those Pesky Lucas Exceptions,” a review of U. Hawaii lawprof David Callies’ book, “Regulatory Takings After Knick.”
The review is short and to the point, so we suggest you read
A new article on takings from U. Virginia Law School profs Ann Woolhandler and Julia Mahoney in the Notre Dame Law Review, “Federal Courts and Takings Litigation.” Get the pdf here.
Rather than try and summarize the piece, we’re just going to cut-and-paste the highlights from the article’s Introduction:
While Knick clearly expands
Check this out: the International Right of Way Association’s Real Estate Law Committee produces twice-a-year reports “which contain summaries of eminent domain decisions and legislation within the United States.” (This is the “international” right of way association, so that last qualifier is important.)
And what is really nice is that they make the report available
An article, from the just-published issue of the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Journal, about a rarely-covered academic topic, just compensation.
Brian A. Lee (Brooklyn), “Equitable Compensation” as “Just Compensation” for Takings, 10 Brigham-Kanner Prop. Rts. J. 315 (2021).
Here’s the Abstract:
The Fifth Amendment’s requirement that the government pay “just compensation” to owners of
If you ever get the opportunity to teach in a law school — either as a full-time legal scholar, or part-time as an expert adjunct practitioner — take it if you can. You might think you know a lot about a particular subject, but there’s nothing like spending time at the lectern in a law