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The William and Mary Law School announced that Professor William Fischel will be awarded the 2025 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize at the annual conference in Williamsburg in October 2025.
The Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize is presented annually to a scholar, practitioner, or jurist whose work affirms the fundamental importance of property rights. It is named in honor of the late Toby Prince Brigham, a leading property rights attorney, and the late Gideon Kanner, a devoted scholar of property rights who was Professor of Law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.Professor Fischel taught in the Economics Department at Dartmouth from 1973 until his retirement in 2019. His scholarship focuses on the law and economics of local government, and his expertise includes local government law, school finance, zoning and land use controls, property taxation, and regulatory takings law. He is the author of five books and countless articles, reviews, and essays.....“Bill Fischel’s pathbreaking work on zoning, takings, homeownership, and local politics has transformed property scholarship,” said Lee Anne Fennell, Max Pam Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School and the 2024 recipient of the Brigham-Kanner Prize. “Bill has an insatiable curiosity about land use as it plays out in the real world, and he brings economic analysis to bear on key legal and social issues in a manner that is both rigorous and accessible.”
Takings mavens know that Professor Fischel's work in the field is fascinating. For example, he's brought new insights on famous cases such as the cedar rust/necessity takings case, exactions and land use, Lucas, and Kelo.
If you have not already, please save the dates on your calendar, and plan to join us at the William and Mary Law School for the Conference on October 23-24, 2025.
