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I Share, Therefore It's Mine, Donald J. Kochan
I Share, Therefore It's Mine, Donald J. Kochan
University of Richmond Law Review
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Reform Virginia's Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws To Remove The Profit Incentive And Curtail The Abuse Of Power, Rob Poggenklass
Reform Virginia's Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws To Remove The Profit Incentive And Curtail The Abuse Of Power, Rob Poggenklass
University of Richmond Law Review
Part I of this article will review the historical roots of civil asset
forfeiture law. Part II will provide a more modern history of these
laws and an overview of Virginia's current asset forfeiture
scheme. Part III will examine the criticism of Virginia's drugrelated
civil asset forfeiture laws and highlight due process concerns,
risk of abuse of power, and misallocation of priorities due
to the structure of these laws in Virginia. Finally, Part IV will
provide recommendations to reform Virginia's civil asset forfeiture
laws.
Rethinking Adverse Possession: An Essay On Ownership And Possession, Carol N. Brown
Rethinking Adverse Possession: An Essay On Ownership And Possession, Carol N. Brown
Law Faculty Publications
In the wake of the present real estate crisis, there has been prolonged discussion of the wrongdoing that led to systemic failures in the national real estate market. The mortgage crisis caught the nation’s attention because of its large scale and its rippling effect throughout the economy. Equally nefarious is the impact of adverse possession on the rights of individual property owners. While a single adverse possession does not affect the national market in the same way as the mortgage crisis did, to the individual owner, the wrongdoing, in the form of a trespass, that ripens into title, is just …