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A Tragedy Of The Commons: Property Rights Issues In Shanghai Historic Residences, Kara Phillips, Amy Sommers
A Tragedy Of The Commons: Property Rights Issues In Shanghai Historic Residences, Kara Phillips, Amy Sommers
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This article explores the tensions between China’s newly privatized model of urban housing ownership and its socialist foundations. Through a combination of interviews and local research, the authors investigate the evolution of property ownership in Shanghai’s architecturally-distinctive stock of historic housing, encompassing various architectural periods and styles (including leading examples of Art Deco), which have gone through periods of private ownership (pre-1949), gradual socialization (1949-1965), militant squatting and occupation (1966-1976), and now privatization (1977 to current). Originally single-family residences, many were gerrymandered into multi-family units, in which the original owner/resident was relegated a small portion of space, and the remainder …
The Statutory Community Property Agreement As A Will Substitute On The Death Of The Second Spouse, William Oltman, Mark Reutlinger
The Statutory Community Property Agreement As A Will Substitute On The Death Of The Second Spouse, William Oltman, Mark Reutlinger
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This article reviews an amendment to the statutory community property agreement. It outlines intricacies of the statute, and includes in its discussion many noteworthy cases.