Brigham-Kanner Conference

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Last week, the 15th Annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference saw the gathering of legal scholars, judges, lawyers, and law students at the William and Mary Law School to award the B-K Property Rights Prize to Cardozo lawprof Stewart Sterk, followed by a day-long conference focusing on Professor Sterk’s work and the latest developments in property

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I’m not going to do an in-depth preview of tomorrow’s Supreme Court oral arguments in Knick v. Township of Scott, No. 17-647 for several reasons.

First, a lot of others have summarized the issues already, far better than I can. See the list below.

Second, I filed an amicus brief in the case in

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Come join us for one of the best conferences on property rights and property law at the 2018 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference, October 4-5, 2018 at the William and Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Register here

We’ve attended and presented at the Conference in past years, including when it went international in

After a short hiatus to allow Clint to set up at his new firm, the Eminent Domain Podcast is back. 

Clint was kind enough to ask me to be his first second-time guest, and we had a wide-ranging discussion: everything from this semester’s teaching assignment at the William & Mary Law School, the

Appeals from motions to dismiss can be very unsatisfying, even for the winner. Granted, from a doctrinal standpoint, they’re pretty good at clarifying the law. And from a practice standpoint, the courts’ opinions often help future lawyers and litigants figure out how to plead cases, and frame issues. And the party who wins the appeal

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The William and Mary Law School has announced the recipient of the 2018 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize, Cardozo School of Law Professor Stewart E. Sterk.

He will receive the prize at the 15th Annual B-K Conference in Williamsburg, October 4-5, 2018

Sterk’s publications span a wide variety of areas, ranging from property

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This fall, I’ll be teaching a new course at the William and Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Here’s the description of Property Rights: Law and Theory (Law 608) from the course catalog:

Property rights and property theory have been essential components of Anglo-American law for centuries, and the protection of the right of

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Mr. Song’s tale is harrowing: His property targeted for redevelopment. Offered compensation, but he believed that local regulations required payment of at least 45% more. When he attempted to negotiate, local officials said no deal. So he organized a protest at which he and his neighbors held signs that said things like “opposed to forced demolition.&rdquo