The 21st Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference is underway at the William and Mary Law School. We have a series of student-oriented programs (co-sponsored by the Office of Careers Service),
Tomorrow, lawprof Lee Anne Fennell of the University of Chicago Law School will be presented the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize for her work on "how property rights are structured and imagined, and the implications that different possibilities hold for the allocation of resources and the way societies are organized. She has cast these issues in terms like 'slices' versus 'lumps,' 'unbounded' homes, 'half-torts,' and 'streaming property.'"
On Friday, there's a series of presentations on the impact of Professor's Fennell's work and other hot topics in dirt law. Full agenda here or below.
We are fortunate enough to be the referee -- uh, "moderator" -- for the group discussing what we see as the hottest issue in the field: housing. The title of our program is "Property Rights and Housing in Crisis," and features some of the deep thinkers on this topic:
Shelter is a fundamental human need, and housing is a major component of the U.S. economy. Home ownership has been considered a cornerstone institution of civic life, closely linked with the American dream. Over the last 50 years, median house prices in the U.S. have more than doubled in real terms, significantly outpacing wage growth, and more recently, the residential rents have also substantially outpaced inflation and wages, prompting declarations of a housing crisis. This panel will examine issues connected with the present state of housing in the United States and the role property rights can and should play when it comes to housing.
Professor Fennell will be joining a pantheon of the biggest names in dirt law academia and practice.This is the Super Bowl of property law as we've said before.
If you are not joining us this year, please consider it for the future. You will not be disappointed.
2024 Schedule for Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference
