Update: we removed the embedded video that was posted above, since CBS kept replacing it with other clips. Here’s a direct link to the video.
As our readers know, we follow with keen interest events in the People’s Republic of China (does anyone call it that, anymore?), especially those issues related to property and
In Midwest Materials, Inc. v. Wilson, No. 84A04-1205-MI-258 (Feb. 27, 2013), the Indiana Court of Appeals held that Midwest did not suffer a taking for the loss of its property during the time a requirement that it provide water service to neighboring residences as a condition of a “special exception” needed to build a
(We’re not sure who captured and posted the above video — wasn’t us — but to whomever did so, thank you.)
Earlier this week, our colleague Mark M. Murakami spoke at the University of Hawaii Law School on a panel about “The PLDC and Property Rights in Hawaii.” PLDC refers to the Public
A quick one. An op-ed from yesterday’s Honolulu Star-Advertiser by the newly-appointed Director of Honolulu’s Department of Planning and Permitting. In “City followed law in issuing Hao Street development permit,” he makes some good points in this piece about building permits for two single-family homes in east Honolulu, points we don’t usually see
Did we say free? (If you are an ABA member, that is.)
Join us for a teleconference jointly sponsored by the ABA’s Section on Litigation’s Environmental Litigation Commitee and the Condemnation, Zoning, and Land Use Committee to discuss the latest and greatest in takings law, specifically the three cases the U.S. Supreme Court is ruling
Having recently attended the 7th International Conference of the Academic Association on Planning, Law, and Property Rights in Portland, Oregon, we offer this irreverent view of that city’s culture, “Insufferable Portland,” by Mark Hemingway at the Weekly Standard. The landscape he portrays should be familiar to anyone who knows Portland, Berkeley, the
On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 from 7:15 – 8:309 p.m. in Classroom #2, the University of Hawaii Law School is sponsoring a talk about “The PLDC and Property Rights in Hawaii,” which will feature our Damon Key colleague Mark M. Murakami.
PLDC refers to the Public Land Development Corporation, a state
Mark your calendars: on Thursday, February 21, 2013, James Burling, director of the Pacific LegalFoundation and principal attorney at PLF’s Property Rights practice group and U. Hawaii lawprof Maxine Burkett willdiscuss “Do Property Rights Matter When The Environment IsGoing To Hell In A Handbasket?“
The forum — presented by the EnvironmentalLaw Program
Yesterday, our ABA and Owners’ Counsel of America colleague Dwight Merriam gave the keynote address at the 7th International Conference of the Academic Association on Planning, Law, and Property Rights, in Portland, Oregon. Dwight’s presentation, “Getting Past “Yes or No” – Linking Police Power Decision-making with Just Compensation,” centered on the idea
It’s easy to forget that place names are not “real” in the sense that they exist other than in our collective minds, but are impermanent markers bestowed on places by man. There’s nothing that commands New York is “New York,” the Mississippi River to be so named, or the island of Molokai to be called