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Cvsg In Chabad V. Russian Federation: Another Question Of Foreign State Immunity, Ingrid Wuerth Brunk

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

On June 2, 2025, the Supreme Court called for the views of the Solicitor General (“CVSG”) in Chabad v. Russian Federation. In Chabad’s petition for certiorari, the question presented is whether the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA)’s expropriation exception applies to a foreign state if the expropriated property—or property exchanged for it— is located outside of the United States and is owned or operated by an agency or instrumentality of the foreign state that is engaged in commercial activity in the United States. The D.C. Circuit answered no. It held that for a foreign state itself (as opposed to …

International Survey Of Family Law, 2018 Ed., Margaret Brinig

Books

Margaret Brinig, editor The International Survey of Family Law is the annual review of the International Society of Family Law. It brings together reliable and clearly structured insights into the latest and most notable developments in family law from all around the globe. Chapters are prepared by an international team of selected experts in the field, usually covering 20 or more jurisdictions in each edition.

The 2018 edition addresses highly topical matters ranging from assisted reproductive technology and sterilisation to end-of-life issues and estate settlement. The authors explore legislative changes, common law developments and challenges of integrating customary law or …

Pro & Con: Should Congress Adopt A New Tax Credit For Buying A Home? Yes: No Recovery Is Possible If Homeowners Lose Their Homes, Jessica D. Gabel

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American Law Of Real Estate, J. David Reitzel, Robert B. Bennett, Michael J. Garrison

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

American Law of Real Estate presents real estate law as a national body of law covering community property states as well as common law martial property rights. This book is ideal for those seeking a real estate license as well as for property managers, investors, developers, homeowners, and apartment dwellersuto anyone seeking to own or use land

The Meaning Of Property Rights: Law Versus Economics? , Daniel H. Cole, Peter Z. Grossman

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

Property rights are fundamentals to economic analysis. There is, however, no consensus in the economic literature about what property rights are. Economists define them variously and inconsistently, sometimes in ways that deviate from the conventional understandings of legal scholars and judges. This article explores ways in which definitions of property rights in the economic literature diverge from conventional legal understandings, and how those divergences can create interdisciplinary confusion and bias economic analyses. Indeed, some economists' idiosyncratic definitions of property rights, if used to guide policy, could lead to suboptimal economic outcomes.

Mortgage Drafting: Lessons From The Restatement Of Mortgages, Dale A. Whitman

Faculty Publications

The American Law Institute's adoption of the Restatement (Third) of Property: Mortgages may have significant impact on the negotiation and drafting of mortgages. Rather than merely reciting the prevailing case law, the Restatement proposes approaches the American Law Institute believes are desirable as a matter of sound policy. This Article highlights key areas in which the new Restatement may affect mortgage drafting and suggests useful techniques for mortgage drafters.

Reforming The Law: The Payment Rule As A Paradigm , Dale A. Whitman

Faculty Publications

The concept of negotiability of promissory notes is solidly entrenched in American commercial law. It derives from the English common law notion that a negotiable instrument is a reification of the obligation it describes; the instrument is regarded as a tangible form of the obligation. This notion has multiple ramifications, but three stand out. The first is the holder in due course doctrine which asserts that, when a negotiable instrument is transferred by the correct process (negotiation, which requires delivery of the paper) to someone with the right qualities (good faith, lack of notice, and payment of value), the maker …

Torts - Negligence - Liability For Damages Accruing To Another By Act Done To Save One's Own Property

Michigan Law Review

Defendant was negligent in allowing a wooden barge to be loaded with crude oil without adequate fire protection. After the ship had been set afire by lightning, defendant had it cast adrift to save its wharf from destruction. The floating vessel later damaged plaintiff's property two miles distant. Held, defendant committed an actionable wrong. Swan-Finch Oil Corp. et al. v. Warner-Quinlan Co., (N. J. 1933) 167 Atl. 211.

Equity - Election Of Remedies - Proof Of Claim In Receivership

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff sold certain chattels under a conditional sales agreement to a partnership which later went into receivership. The purchase price not having been paid, plaintiff filed a general claim with the receiver, which was allowed. Six months later, no dividend having been paid, plaintiff filed a petition to have the general claim withdrawn and a preferred one substituted, based on the title-retaining contract. The court held that by filing and allowance of the general claim plaintiff made a final election between inconsistent remedies which barred rescission and restitution of the specific property. The court held that the inexperience of plaintiff's …

Fixtures - Rights Of Conditional Vendors Against Mortgagees Of Realty

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff sought to foreclose a mortgage with an after-acquired property clause on an industrial plant in which were installed various pieces of machinery sold by the defendant vendors under a conditional sale to the mortgagor after the execution of the realty mortgage. The machinery was so attached as to become fixtures and was evidently necessary to the continuance of the enterprise, but was removable without damage to the building as it stood before the machinery was installed. It was held that the conditional vendors could remove the machinery. People's Savings & Trust Co. v. Munsert, (Wis. 1933) 249 N. …