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Collaborative Approaches To Conservation: A Critical Look, Larry Macdonnell
Collaborative Approaches To Conservation: A Critical Look, Larry Macdonnell
Strategies in Western Water Law and Policy: Courts, Coercion and Collaboration (Summer Conference, June 8-11)
7 pages.
The Boundaries Of Private Property, Michael A. Heller
The Boundaries Of Private Property, Michael A. Heller
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If your house and fields are worth more separately, divide them; if you want to leave a ring to your child now and grandchild later, split the ownership in a trust. The American law of property encourages owners to subdivide resources freely. Hidden within the law, however, is a boundary principle that limits the right to subdivide private property into wasteful fragments. While people often create wealth when they break up and recombine property in novel ways, owners may make mistakes, or their self-interest may clash with social welfare. Property law responds with diverse doctrines that prevent and abolish excessive …