Madison Bessho | September 7, 2021 | Property
“Property Torts and the Restatements” was written to honor the retirement of Professor Sjef van Erp (J.H.M.), originally published in the Maastricht Law Series. Available for download from SSRN. This essay examines connections between tort law and...
Nadav Shoked | July 15, 2021 | Property
The below is the abstract of “Who Needs Adverse Possession?,” featured in Fordham Law Review. Adverse possession is one of property law’s most central doctrines. Yet, this Article contends, the need it answers has been largely misunderstood. Adverse possession’s...
John A. Lovett | July 9, 2021 | Property
John A. Lovett of Loyola University New Orleans College of Law has written “Restating the Law of Prescriptive Easements.” The following is the abstract. Prescriptive easements form an important but often overlooked building block in the architecture of...
Pauline Toboulidis | June 9, 2021 | Conflict of Laws, Copyright, Government Ethics, Property, Sexual Assault
The second segment of this year’s virtual Annual Meeting adjourned this week. Below is a summary of the actions taken on June 7 and 8. For a recap on the actions taken during the first segment of the Annual Meeting, held on May 17 and 18, click here. All approvals by...
John C.P. Goldberg, Henry E. Smith and Pauline Toboulidis | April 16, 2021 | Property
The following entry is excerpted from Tentative Draft No. 2 for Restatement of the Law Fourth, Property. Included below is the Topic Note to Trespass to Land, Generally; § 1.5. Intent Required for Trespass to Land, and Comment b. to § 1.5. The full draft contains...
John C.P. Goldberg and Henry E. Smith | April 14, 2021 | Property
In the below video, Henry E. Smith and John C.P. Goldberg discuss the connection property torts has to both Restatements of Torts and Property. Smith and Goldberg serve as Reporter and Associate Reporter, respectively, for the Restatement of the Law Fourth, Property....
