Three law professors from different practice and academic backgrounds meet at the water cooler in the faculty wing of a law school in or about 2010. They get engaged in a conversation about mergers and acquisitions that covers much ground--from what a merger actually is (from the perspective of...

This symposium article examines the meaning of the term Indian lands - the lands that might become sites for Indian gaming-in the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988. At its core, the term is unambiguous: it includes reservations and other lands that, at the time of IGRA's enactment, were held...

This article offers a fresh analysis of and solution to problems modern American street gangs present. Common wisdom dictates that, since they commit crimes, gangs should be understood and combatted through criminal sanctions. Popular interventions, like gang injunctions, expand that punitive...

A comparison of American, French, Russian, and Lithuanian rules regarding the return of property which has been transferred to a bona fide purchaser, with a special focus on Lithuanian law. Lithuanian law turns French law upside down, strengthening the security of acquisitions in relation to...

Contemporary American property scholarship is sceptical of Locke's theory of labour. Robert Nozick (in Anarchy, State and Utopia (1974)) and Jeremy Waldron (in The Right to Private Property (1986)) are both assumed to have discredited Locke's conception of labour. Locke's theory seems incoherent...

The aim of this paper is to take an introductory look at acquisition of ownership inside a virtual world. A brief summary of the methods of acquisition of property in South African property law will provide the background against which to discuss the new field of virtual property and give it...

As rising water from climate change causes unprecedented dislocation from flooding and sea-level rise, a new legal regime for climate retreat (i.e., shifting human settlement from severe climate risk zones) is developing. Buyout laws, such as the federal FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant program,...

We examine the extent to which digital rights management (DRM) system impacts on mergers and acquisitions’ (M&A) due diligence. We use hand-collected data comprising the full dataset of digital M&A and patent M&A. To measure the performance of target firm at due diligence phase, we introduce...

Land is one of the scarce natural resources on earth. It is not possible to either increase or decrease the land. Hence, it must be ensured that it is managed judiciously and in a sustainable manner so that the common good of the people in a long run can be ensured. Creating wealth and looking...

In this paper, I tackle the question whether "one share - one vote" should become a European law rule. I examine, first of all the economic theory concerning one share - one vote and its optimality, and the law and economics literature on dual class recapitalizations and other deviations from...