Alyssa DiRusso | January 4, 2023 | Property
Below is the abstract for “Using Empirical Data on the Widowhood Effect to Optimize Simultaneous Death Law and Planning,” available for download on SSRN. Widowhood is dangerous. When a person loses a spouse, the risk of death and other adverse health consequences...
Reed D. Benson | November 16, 2022 | Property
Below is the abstract for “Public Ownership, Public Rights: Recreational Stream Access Decisions in the Mountain West,” available for download on SSRN. Stream access disputes involve a clash of public and private rights. Boaters and anglers often view streams as...
Jack Whiteley | November 2, 2022 | Property
Below is the abstract for “Inheritance in an Unequal Age,” available for download on SSRN. For centuries, the common law limited aristocratic wealth. In the last three decades, that has changed. One by one, state legislatures have eliminated the Rule against...
Pauline Toboulidis | October 25, 2022 | Children and the Law, Conflict of Laws, Government Ethics, Inside The ALI, Property, Torts: Miscellaneous Provisions
At its meeting on October 20 and 21, 2022, the Council reviewed and discussed Council Drafts of five projects and approved drafts and portions of drafts as listed below.* Children and the Law The Council approved Council Draft No. 8 containing §§ 1.40 and 1.41 of...
Monika U. Ehrman | October 21, 2022 | Property
Below is the abstract for “Natural Resource Property Customs,” available for download on SSRN. The story of mining is the story of civilization. From the development of metal currency and rudimentary tools through the extraction of fossil fuels and rare earth minerals...
Michael Pollack | October 3, 2022 | Property
Below is the abstract for “Sidewalk Government,” available for download on SSRN. This Article is about one of the most used, least studied spaces in the country: the sidewalk. It is easy to think of the sidewalks simply as spaces for pedestrians, and that is exactly...
