Legal Aspects of Property and Land Use

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
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