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The Afterlife Of Confederate Monuments, Jess Phelps, Jessica N. Owley
The Afterlife Of Confederate Monuments, Jess Phelps, Jessica N. Owley
Indiana Law Journal
As communities increasingly remove Confederate monuments from public spaces, they must decide what to do with these troubled statues. Given the recent wave of monument removal, we consider how property law and other restrictions impact community decisions on the disposition of monuments removed from public spaces on two levels—by location and future owner. In considering the fate of removed monuments, we profile potential destinations including museums, battlefields, cemeteries, and even storage. Alongside these examples, we discuss how laws constrain (or fail to constrain) the options for new owners and the restrictions on where monuments can be relocated. Even where laws …
The Law Of Employee Data: Privacy, Property, Governance, Matthew T. Bodie
The Law Of Employee Data: Privacy, Property, Governance, Matthew T. Bodie
Indiana Law Journal
The availability of data related to the employment relationship has ballooned into an unruly mass of performance metrics, personal characteristics, biometric recordings, and creative output. The law governing this collection of information has been awkwardly split between privacy regulations and intellectual property rights, with employees generally losing on both ends. This Article rejects a binary approach that either carves out private spaces ineffectually or renders data into isolated pieces of ownership. Instead, the law should implement a hybrid system that provides workers with continuing input and control without blocking efforts at joint production. In addition, employers should have fiduciary responsibilities …
Blockchain Wills, Bridget J. Crawford
Blockchain Wills, Bridget J. Crawford
Indiana Law Journal
Blockchain technology has the potential to radically alter the way that people have
executed wills for centuries. This Article makes two principal claims—one
descriptive and the other normative. Descriptively, this Article suggests that
traditional wills formalities have been relaxed to the point that they no longer serve
the cautionary, protective, evidentiary, and channeling functions that scholars have
used to justify strict compliance with wills formalities. Widespread use of digital
technology in everyday communications has led to several notable cases in which
individuals have attempted to execute wills electronically. These wills have had a
mixed reception. Four states currently recognize electronic …
Money That Costs Too Much: Regulating Financial Incentives, Kristen Underhill
Money That Costs Too Much: Regulating Financial Incentives, Kristen Underhill
Indiana Law Journal
Money may not corrupt. But should we worry if it corrodes? Legal scholars in a range of fields have expressed concern about “motivational crowding-out,” a process by which offering financial rewards for good behavior may undermine laudable social motivations, like professionalism or civic duty. Disquiet about the motivational impacts of incentives has now extended to health law, employment law, tax, torts, contracts, criminal law, property, and beyond. In some cases, the fear of crowding-out has inspired concrete opposition to innovative policies that marshal incentives to change individual behavior. But to date, our fears about crowding-out have been unfocused and amorphous; …
Understanding The Complicated Landscape Of Civil War Monuments, Jessica Owley, Jess Phelps
Understanding The Complicated Landscape Of Civil War Monuments, Jessica Owley, Jess Phelps
Indiana Law Journal
This essay examines the controversy regarding confederate monuments and attempts to contextualize this debate within the current preservation framework. While much attention has been paid to this topic over the past year, particularly with regard to “public” monuments, such discussion has generally failed to recognize the varied and complicated property law layers involved—which can fundamentally change the legal requirements for modification or removal. We propose a spectrum or framework for assessing these resources ranging from public to private, and we explore the messy space in-between these poles where most monuments actually fall. By highlighting these categories, we provide an initial …
Licenses And The Property/Contract Interface, Christina M. Mulligan
Licenses And The Property/Contract Interface, Christina M. Mulligan
Indiana Law Journal
INTRODUCTION
I. THE ROLE OF FORMAL CATEGORIES
II. THE COMPOUND-PAUCITAL LICENSE
A. IDIOSYNCRASY AND INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES
B. REGULATING LICENSES
1. THE NOTICE STRATEGY
2. THE PROTECTION STRATEGY
III. RESTRAINTS ON ALIENATION AND USE
A. HARMS CAUSED BY RESTRAINTS ON ALIENATION AND USE
1. INCREASED INFORMATION COSTS
2.WASTE
B. LIMITING HARM WITH PROTECTIVE STANDARDIZATION
1. THE LICENSE V. SALE DISTINCTION IN PRACTICE
2.WHAT IS A DIGITAL SALE?
3. FAVORING SALES WITHOUT LOSING FLEXIBILITY
C. DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN IN REM AND IN PERSONAM LICENSE TERMS
IV. LICENSE REVOCATION
A. TIMING REVOCATION
B. BENEFITS AND CONCERNS
1.MANAGING SHARED RESOURCES VS. UPSET RELIANCE INTERESTS
2. …
Organizing The Townhouse In Indiana
Whither Communist-Led Society? An Approach Through Property Law, John N. Hazard
Whither Communist-Led Society? An Approach Through Property Law, John N. Hazard
Indiana Law Journal
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