Property, Advanced Topics

  • Class number: 11985
  • Term: Fall 2008
  • Instructor: TBA

This course will examine current important issues in property law, topics to which students may have been introduced during their first year but that warrant investigation in further detail. The course will first review different notions of what property actually is, using historical and modern analyses both from political theory and from law. We will then consider the extent to which property concepts can be usefully employed to resolve an array of current issues, such as the enforcement of surrogacy (parenting) contracts; the sale or other control of body parts; the fate of human embryos; ownership of sunken and salvaged treasure; ownership in outer space; eminent domain; ownership of Arctic land; ownership of looted art and cultural property; adverse possession; or others. Students will be exposed to and discuss the relevant law, where it exists, but will also pursue in more depth the conceptual and policy-based arguments that shape and underlie the public debates currently underway. A final paper, rather than an exam, will be assigned.

Course Schedule

  • Date: Tuesday 2:00-5:00PM
  • Location: KT 205

Course Information

  • Catalog number-Section number: 7580-01
  • Course Type: Lecture
  • Prerequisites: May Satisfy Writing Req.
  • Credits (min/max): 3/3
  • Notes: Instructor: Jeremy Blumenthal
  • Subjects:

Enrollment

  • Enrollment status: Open
  • Current enrollment/capacity: 10/18
  • Reserve population/capacity: 0/0
  • Waitlist enrollment/capacity: 0/50

Grading

  • Grade basis: Graded
  • Satisifies Writing Requirement: UCWR
  • Exam type: NO EXAM