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Fraudulent Conveyance Law And Its Proper Domain, Douglas G. Baird, Thomas H. Jackson
Fraudulent Conveyance Law And Its Proper Domain, Douglas G. Baird, Thomas H. Jackson
Vanderbilt Law Review
In 1571 Parliament passed a statute making illegal and void any transfer made for the purpose of hindering, delaying, or defrauding creditors.' This law, commonly known as the Statute of Elizabeth, was intended to curb what was thought to be a wide-spread abuse. Until the seventeenth century, England had certain sanctuaries into which the King's writ could not enter. A sanctuary was not merely the interior of a church, but certain precincts defined by custom or royal grant. Debtors could take sanctuary in one of these precincts, live in relative comfort, and be immune from execution by their creditors. It …
Landlord Liability For Crimes Committed By Third Parties Against Tenants On The Premises, Irma W. Merrill
Landlord Liability For Crimes Committed By Third Parties Against Tenants On The Premises, Irma W. Merrill
Vanderbilt Law Review
The controversial subject of landlord liability for crimes committed by third parties on the apartment premises has been the subject of much debate. The discussion has produced a scattering of opinions rather than one settled rule. Not all jurisdictions agree that a landlord should be held liable to his tenants for crimes on the premises. Even jurisdictions that do hold landlords liable for such crimes disagree on the basis for liability. Some courts ground their decisions in contract. Other courts conjure landlord liability out of an implied warranty of habitability. Still other courts impose landlord liability for third party crimes …
Modern Property Law: Cases And Materials, Dale A. Whitman
Modern Property Law: Cases And Materials, Dale A. Whitman
Vanderbilt Law Review
Most book reviews attempt to analyze the subject matter of the book under review. Casebooks, however, serve different purposes than other books; they are teaching tools that are useful only in the hands of an effective teacher. The editors of Modern Property Law are law teachers, and so am I. The purpose of this book review is to offer, as a professor of law, a personal view of this property casebook and to consider how it would function in the classroom. I have not yet used the book in my own property course because at the time of this writing …