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Property Law

Property Poetry Contest Winner, Spring 2011

June 17, 2011

Each year in my first-year Property class, I hold a poetry contest on the last day of class. The assignment is to write a poem that captures the year in Property. This year, I promised to publish the winning poem on this blog. Here it is:

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Buying Your First Home

March 17, 2011

Here's an HGTV episode that stars a former student of mine, Chris Chan, now a patent lawyer in Washington DC. The show follows Chris as he goes through the process of buying his first home. The problems arise when he runs into Fannie Mae's rules for  loans to buy new condos.

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Business and personal ethics in an economic downturn

February 16, 2010

I was struck recently by the contrast between individuals discussing the personal moral obligation to keep paying the mortgage on a home that is "under water" (they owe much more to the bank than the home is currently worth) and business advice encapsulated in this New York Times Headline:

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Should the poor own or rent?

February 1, 2010

"I think people need to get past the view that you can't have a successful life without one day owning a home." This from the Atlantic's Business blog, agreeing with Barney Frank's apparent suggestion that the poor should be encouraged to rent, rather than to buy homes. What do you think? Is owning a home part [...]

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Conduct Property Searches Online

May 8, 2009

1. I am looking at a home for sale. Can I see how much the real estate taxes are for this property? 2. How can I double check the description of my home and property to make sure the county has it recorded correctly? 3. I am interested in purchasing some land but I do not know [...]

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Castle Doctrine: self-defense in the home

April 3, 2009

The Castle Doctrine is a hot topic this week due to a recent story in the Beacon Journal and library patrons are calling our Reference Desk asking about Ohio's version of this law.  The new version of the Castle Doctrine was signed into law last June as Senate Bill 184 and went into effect on September [...]

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Facebook Owns You

February 17, 2009

This article in the New York Times caught my attention today: Facebookâs Users Ask Who Owns Information Apparently there has been a change in the fine print "Terms of Service" on the ubiquitous social networking site.

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Courtroom dogfight

February 2, 2009

I loved this story about a dog owner and his fight against the condominium association. Typically, a state will have a Condominium Act that governs the various kinds of rules and restrictions a homeowners association can impose on owners of individual condominium units. Apparently this condo association had a rule prohibiting dogs over 12 pounds. [...]

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