We’re underway with the 19th Annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference at the William and Mary Law School. Here is 2022 B-K Prizewinner James Burling opening the presentations. More to follow as we make our way through the day’s programming.
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Still Time To Join Us (In-Person Or Remote) For The 19th Annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference
One last reminder that there’ still time to register for the upcoming Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference at the William and Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia, September 29-30, 2022. If you can’t make it to the historic campus, there’s an option to attend remotely.
In our opinion, the Conference is the best of its kind…
New Must-Read Article: “Cedar Point Nursery and the End of the New Deal Settlement” – Property Rights Are Civil And Human Rights
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.
Registration Underway – 19th Annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference (Sep 29-30, 2022)
There’s still space for you to join us — preferably in-person, but remotely if that is not possible for you — at the 19th Annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference, September 29-30, 2022, at the William and Mary Law School in Williamsburg.
The American Law Institute was kind enough to post a notice about the Conference…
Ye Olde Law 608: Eminent Domain & Property Rights, S5E1 @ William & Mary Law
Is there a more appropriate place at which to study property rights and dirt law than William and Mary Law School? After all, it is a stone’s throw from Jamestown, the place where there’s a good argument the concept of property law and property rights first took hold in the New World. As…
Here’s The Full Speaker And Topic List For The Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference (Sep 29-30, 2022)
By now, you know that the 19th Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference is set for September 29-30, 2022, at the William and Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia (register here – space is limited – fee ranges from free to $195 – a bargain!). And you know that our colleague Jim Burling is this…
Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Journal Vol. 10 Now Available
In case you have not already obtained your printed copy (you really should subscribe), it is now available in pdf format.
The theme for the issue is “Where Theory Meets Practice,” and with articles on “Property Beyond Flatland,” “Property Rights and the Modern Resurgence of Rent Control,” “Hurdles to Just Compensation,” “Implied Preemption in…
Burling to Receive William & Mary Law School’s 2022 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize
Some good news: our Pacific Legal Foundation colleague Jim Burling is slated to receive the 2022 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize in September.
Check out the media release, with more details:
James Burling, Vice President of Legal Affairs at Pacific Legal Foundation, will receive the 2022 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize at William & Mary Law School’s…
New Article: “‘Equitable Compensation’ as ‘Just Compensation’ for Takings” (Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Journal)
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…
Seeking Justice Through Just Compensation: 2021 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference
Joe Waldo leading off the Conference with a remembrance of
Toby Prince Brigham, for the eminent property rights practitioner
for whom the Conference is named.
I was honored to speak today at the 2021 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference, and here’s a rough transcript of my remarks.
Seeking Justice Through Just Compensation
Dean Spencer, Professor…








