Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Keyword
-
- Foreign Investment; Australia; EB-5 Visas; Australia; Foreign Acquistions and Takeover Act 1975; Foreign Investment Review Board; Real estate; United States; Immigration Act of 1990; Targeted Employment Areas; Greencard; Regional Center Program; Australian Taxation Office; Tax; Limited liability corporations citizenship; China; Chinese investors; Immigrant Investor Program; U.S. Treasury Department (1)
- Land use; property rights; property theory; natural resource law; environmental protection; ecosystem management; law and economics (1)
- Municipal Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Code; Chapter 9; Chapter 11; Tenth Amendment; US Constitution; Property Law; Debtor; Creditor; Federalism; Fincncial Restrucuturing; State Sovereignty; Public Bankruptcy; Municipal debtor-creditor law; Municipal Finance; (1)
Articles 1 - 3 of 3
Full-Text Articles in Law
Decision-Making And The Shaky Property Foundations Of Municipal Bankruptcy Law, Juliet M. Moringiello
Decision-Making And The Shaky Property Foundations Of Municipal Bankruptcy Law, Juliet M. Moringiello
Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law
Municipal bankruptcies are unpredictable. There are several reasons for this statement— municipal bankruptcies are rare, involvement of the state itself in the process varies according to the governing state law, and chapter 9, the Bankruptcy Code chapter governing the municipal bankruptcy process, has many gaps. Congress constructed the modern chapter 9 on a foundation of corporate bankruptcy law, a foundation whose roots—corporate finance—are significantly different from the rules governing municipal finance. In this Article, Professor Moringiello aims a spotlight on the property roots of private bankruptcy law and compares them to the promissory and statutory roots of municipal finance law …
Looking To Australia To Overhaul U.S. Foreign Investment In Real Estate, Stephanie L. Kahn
Looking To Australia To Overhaul U.S. Foreign Investment In Real Estate, Stephanie L. Kahn
Brooklyn Journal of International Law
This Note examines the controversy of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa, which was created under the 1990 U.S. Immigration Act. The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa was meant to encourage foreign investment in U.S. real estate. Under the EB-5 immigrant visa program, an investor can obtain U.S. permanent residency through the EB-5 category, if the investor fulfills either of the two requirements. After an applicant proves they have met the requirements, the holder of the visa and their immediate family members can begin their paths to citizenship, first through the Greencard program. While created with good intent, the EB-5 visa program …
Property As A Management Institution, Lynda L. Butler
Property As A Management Institution, Lynda L. Butler
Brooklyn Law Review
The institution of property serves an important management function for society, guiding the use of resources among its members by delegating to the owner the power to decde how and when to use a resource. Under the dominant American approach, this delegation involves recognizing broad decision-making powers in the individual property owner. Grounded in an exclusion-based view of property, the dominant approach recognizes each property owner as a gatekeeper, with important in rem rights that bind all others—even those not in a direct relationship with the owner. Over time, courts and other lawmakers have developed doctrines and rules of law …