| Part I: Property, Justifications and Competition |
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Introduction to the Course |
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Background |
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| 3 |
First Possession and Conquest |
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First Possession and Labor |
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Competition versus Property Including Corporations |
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Courts, Policy and Flexibility |
First 3-page paper due |
| Part II: Property, Fairness and Access |
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Security of Property and Adverse Possession |
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| 8 |
Public Policy Limits on Trespass |
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| 9 |
Public Accommodations, Antidiscrimination and Access Rights |
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| 10 |
Public Trust and Private Property |
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| 11 |
Fair Use of Property, Support Easements and Nuisance |
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| Part III: Property, Planning and Public Regulation |
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Land-use Planning and Zoning |
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Land-use Planning, Limits to Zoning and Environmental Regulation |
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Property, Slavery, Race and Discrimination |
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| 15 |
Property and Sex-based Discrimination |
Second 3-page paper due |
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Property and Economic Discrimination |
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| 17 |
Property, Sovereignty and Takings |
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| Part IV: Property, Land-use and Private Restraints |
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Servitudes, Licenses and Easements |
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| 19 |
Covenants |
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| 20 |
Common Ownership and Housing |
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| Part V: Comparative Law of Property and Land Use and International Development Policy |
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Redressing the Legacy of Apartheid in South Africa: Rural Land Restitution |
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| 22 |
Urban Dilemmas: Land Invasions, Housing Rights and Evictions |
Third 3-page paper due |
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Contestation over Property Rights in India |
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| 24 |
Development Displacement, Contests over Land and Housing Rights |
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| 25 |
International Development Policy Prescriptions of Property |
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| Part VI: Conclusion |
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Summing Up; Questions |
Final paper due on the last day of the course |
