Can an Unconstitutional Law Force You To Sell Your Home to a Private Investor?
A zombie law, thrown out in court, continues to wreak havoc because it’s referenced in a contract.
A zombie law, thrown out in court, continues to wreak havoc because it’s referenced in a contract.
The people who could benefit from new housing stock aren't on this map—they're exiled to unincorporated areas.
A case stemming from a "Holocaust revisionist's" expulsion from a conference on "Mennonites and the Holocaust."
The Texas Senate has passed two bills legalizing building homes on smaller lots and accessory dwelling units across the state.
"If there is freedom, private property, rule of law, then Latin Americans thrive," says the social media star.
If a municipality fails to approve or deny a permit by state-set deadlines, developers could hire private third parties to get the job done.
Officials used the crisis to impose policies they already supported but couldn't get through the normal legislative process, like bans on evictions.
People panicked in the 1980s that Japan's economic largesse posed a grave threat to American interests. Then the market reined it in.
By an amazing coincidence, a current property dispute is occurring at the site of a storied property law case.
An oddball coalition of neighborhood activists and left-wing politicians have opposed plans to convert the privately owned site to housing, citing the loss of open space and impacts on gentrification.
Gov. Greg Abbott has already announced that he’d sign the bill if passed.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear 94-year-old Geraldine Tyler's case challenging home equity theft.
If SCOTUS finds in favor of a small-town Idaho couple in Sackett v. EPA, it could end the federal government's jurisdiction over millions of acres of land.
Zion’s attempts to push out unwanted renters collides with Fourth Amendment protections.
Private property was the solution to their failed experiment. But people keep repeating the Pilgrims' mistakes.
Here's what could happen when John Locke and Henry George go to the moon.
The free market allows people to cooperate, fix errors, and adapt to changing circumstances.
"Committing vandalism by soup to send a message about climate change may be 'expressive,' but attempting to destroy someone else's work of art crosses moral and legal boundaries."
An important victory against "self-dealing" by state and local governments.
What would happen to the U.K. balance sheet if the monarchy were retired?
The Big Apple's building regulations are almost impossible to navigate, and officials like it that way.
"You have to ensure the citizens are protected against the power of the state. This is what we call liberal democracies."
Now that the pandemic is fading and much of the available rent relief has been spent, L.A.'s eviction moratorium seems like pure regulatory inertia.
Something to be grateful for.
The smaller the teapot, the bigger the tempest.
"Governor McKinney had no power to contract away the Commonwealth's essential power of freedom of government speech in perpetuity by simply signing the 1890 Deed."
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A new book begins by explaining the real origin story of the American public trust doctrine.
The Supreme Court will decide if the rule violates property rights.
Don't underestimate the civilization-saving powers of respecting private property and generally minding your own business.
The pope conveniently forgets that as a property-rights-based market economy has expanded, grueling poverty has receded worldwide.
Those smitten by John Wayne, Robert E. Lee, or even Joseph Stalin should commission statues on their own property. The rest of us have more important issues to debate.
We should celebrate our fandom on our own dime, and on our own property.
The Chinese Communist Party confiscated a sacred meteorite from Muslim herders. They're suing to get it back.
Episode 8 of Free Speech Rules by UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh
What happens when preservationists get in the way of a diner owner who is looking to sell his place, retire, and pocket the cash?
Miami Beach's crackdown on Airbnb is "in jarring conflict" with a state law capping municipal fines at $1,000 per day, Judge Michael Hanzman ruled.
There’s no need to pit property owners against imperiled species.
California man highlights the absurdity of dumb regulations.
Startups from Cape Town to Nairobi think the budding technology is the future of the continent.
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