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Reforming Property Law To Address Devastating Land Loss, Thomas W. Mitchell Jul 2018

Reforming Property Law To Address Devastating Land Loss, Thomas W. Mitchell

Thomas W. Mitchell

Tenancy-in-common ownership represents the most widespread form of common ownership of real property in the United States. Such ownership under the default rules also represents the most unstable ownership of real property in this country. Thousands of tenancy-in-common property owners, including members of many poor and minority families, have lost their commonly-owned property due to court-ordered, forced partition sales as well as much of their real estate wealth associated with such ownership as a result of such sales. Though some scholars and the media have highlighted how thousands of African-Americans have lost an untold amount of property and substantial real …


A Lesson From Trollope For Counselors At Law, Thomas L. Shaffer Nov 2013

A Lesson From Trollope For Counselors At Law, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


Foreword To The Conference: The Law: Business Or Profession? The Continuing Relevance Of Julius Henry Cohen For The Practice Of Law In The Twenty-First Century, Samuel J. Levine Aug 2013

Foreword To The Conference: The Law: Business Or Profession? The Continuing Relevance Of Julius Henry Cohen For The Practice Of Law In The Twenty-First Century, Samuel J. Levine

Samuel J. Levine

No abstract provided.


Symposium Introduction: Humanism Goes To Law School, Marjorie A. Silver Jun 2013

Symposium Introduction: Humanism Goes To Law School, Marjorie A. Silver

Marjorie A. Silver

By now, the knowledge that law students experience more than their fair share of distress is old news. The studies about law student (and lawyer) unhappiness have been widely discussed in both academic literature and trade publications. Less well known, however, are the increasing number of programs that law schools, and individuals within those schools, have implemented to counter that distress,and to help students develop a positive professional identity,both as students and as the lawyers they are about to become.


Dean’S Message, Lawrence Raful Jun 2013

Dean’S Message, Lawrence Raful

Lawrence Raful

No abstract provided.


1998 Survey Of Ethics In Land-Use Planning, Patricia E. Salkin May 2013

1998 Survey Of Ethics In Land-Use Planning, Patricia E. Salkin

Patricia E. Salkin

No abstract provided.


505 And All That—The Defendant’S Dilemma, Peter Jaszi Oct 2012

505 And All That—The Defendant’S Dilemma, Peter Jaszi

Peter Jaszi

Section 505 of the Copyright Act of 1909 was carried forth, without substantive change, into the Copyright Act of 1976. An assessment of section 505 is presented.