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Full-Text Articles in Property Law and Real Estate
The Parcel As A Whole: A Presumptive Structural Approach For Determining When The Government Has Gone Too Far, Keith Woffinden
The Parcel As A Whole: A Presumptive Structural Approach For Determining When The Government Has Gone Too Far, Keith Woffinden
BYU Law Review
No abstract provided.
Categorizing Categories: Property Of The Estate And Fraudulent Transfers In Bankruptcy, Michael R. Cedillos
Categorizing Categories: Property Of The Estate And Fraudulent Transfers In Bankruptcy, Michael R. Cedillos
Michigan Law Review
11 U.S.C. § 541 defines "property of the estate" in bankruptcy, but courts have not interpreted that section uniformly. The Fifth Circuit has read the term broadly to include both interests in property that the trustee recovers under § 541(a)(3) and legal or equitable interests under § 541(a)(1) that have purportedly been fraudulently transferred but which the trustee has not yet recovered. The Second Circuit, however, has taken a more restrained approach, holding that fraudulently transferred property that the trustee has not yet recovered does not constitute property of the estate. This Note argues that courts should adopt the Second …
Plain Language Textualism: Some Personal Predilections Are More Equal Than Others, Stephen Durden
Plain Language Textualism: Some Personal Predilections Are More Equal Than Others, Stephen Durden
Stephen Durden
This Article challenges the validity of plain language textualism, an allegedly superior method of constitutional interpretation based solely on the “plain language” of the Constitution. First, this Article demonstrates that, notwithstanding the ebb and flow of support for this interpretive method, both the Supreme Court and its individual Justices often seek to “plainly” define various provisions in the Constitution. What matters most to this Article is not whether any individual “plain language” interpretation of a constitutional provision seems reasonable or even best, but rather whether the use of “plain language” is consistent with the expressed and unexpressed objectives and purposes …
An Analysis Of The Contraction Of Limited Tort Immunity For Recreational Liability In Illinois, 42 J. Marshall L. Rev. 65 (2008), Barnett P. Ruttenberg, Thomas Gianturco
An Analysis Of The Contraction Of Limited Tort Immunity For Recreational Liability In Illinois, 42 J. Marshall L. Rev. 65 (2008), Barnett P. Ruttenberg, Thomas Gianturco
UIC Law Review
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Much Ado About Pluralities: Pride And Precedent Amidst The Cacophy Of Concurrences, And Re-Percolation After Rapanos, Donald J. Kochan, Melissa M. Berry, Matthew J. Parlow
Much Ado About Pluralities: Pride And Precedent Amidst The Cacophy Of Concurrences, And Re-Percolation After Rapanos, Donald J. Kochan, Melissa M. Berry, Matthew J. Parlow
Donald J. Kochan
Conflicts created by concurrences and pluralities in court decisions create confusion in law and lower court interpretation. Rule of law values require that individuals be able to identify controlling legal principles. That task is complicated when pluralities and concurrences contribute to the vagueness or uncertainty that leaves us wondering what the controlling rule is or attempting to predict what it will evolve to become. The rule of law is at least handicapped when continuity or confidence or confusion infuse our understanding of the applicable rules. This Article uses the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Rapanos v. United States to …