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Property And Relative Status, Nestor M. Davidson
Property And Relative Status, Nestor M. Davidson
Michigan Law Review
Property does many things-it incentivizes productive activity, facilitates exchange, forms an integral part of individual identity, and shapes communities. But property does something equally fundamental: it communicates. And perhaps the most ubiquitous and important messages that property communicates have to do with relative status, with the material world defining and reinforcing a variety of economic, social, and cultural hierarchies. This status-signalingf unction of property-withp roperty serving as an important locus for symbolic meaning through which people compare themselves to others-complicates premises underlying central discourses in contemporary property theory. In particular, status signaling can skew property's incentive and allocative benefits, leading …
Gifts-Lnformal Writing As Substitute For Delivery, Michigan Law Review
Gifts-Lnformal Writing As Substitute For Delivery, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
Traditionally, three requirements must be satisfied in order to make a valid inter vivos gift of personal property: (1) the donor must demonstrate his intention to make such a gift; (2) there must be a delivery to the donee of the property itself or of an instrument or deed of gift; and (3) the donee must accept this delivery. If the subject matter of the gift is not susceptible of immediate delivery, a question arises as to the means by which the delivery requirement may be satisfied. Although a donor in such a situation commonly delivers an informal writing which …
The Wills Branch Of The Worthier Title Doctrine, Joseph W. Morris
The Wills Branch Of The Worthier Title Doctrine, Joseph W. Morris
Michigan Law Review
It is the purpose of this article to examine the history and origin of the wills branch of the worthier title doctrine, to ascertain the extent of its application and the manner of its application, to determine the legal consequences flowing therefrom, and to consider the desirability of its continued existence.
Casner: American Law Of Property. A Treatise On The Law Of Property In The United States., Ralph W. Aigler
Casner: American Law Of Property. A Treatise On The Law Of Property In The United States., Ralph W. Aigler
Michigan Law Review
A Review of AMERICAN LAW OF PROPERTY. A Treatise on the Law of Property in the United States.A. James Casner, Editor-in-Chief.