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