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Notice Failure And Notice Externalities, Michael J. Meurer, Peter Menell
Notice Failure And Notice Externalities, Michael J. Meurer, Peter Menell
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Economic theory suggests that notice plays a critical role in resource development. Resource developers will be disinclined to make significant investments without reasonable confidence that their projects will not violate the rights of others. Land rights systems and institutions generally provide reliable notice at relatively modest cost, enabling exclusionary rights to encourage efficient real estate development. Property boundaries, right structures, and neighbors with whom resource developers might have to negotiate conflicts can usually be ascertained relatively easily. Furthermore, zoning institutions generally provide relatively prompt, low cost, and reliable dispute resolution before developers need to expend substantial resources. Therefore, land claims …
The Legacy Of Jane Larson: The Politics Of Practicality And Surprise, Martha M. Ertman
The Legacy Of Jane Larson: The Politics Of Practicality And Surprise, Martha M. Ertman
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Jane Larson's work and life enriched my own and others. Her intellectual framework - applying legal economic ideas of consent to feminist theory, backed up by legal history - suggest surprising practical solutions to problems ranging from the injuries of adultery and prostitution to housing in border towns.