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Prop2 Class 14: Covenants I

February 28th, 2013

Today we will start covering Covenants.

The lecture notes are here, and the live chat is here.

This diagram may help explain the relationship between horizontal and vertical privity.

And here is a picture of the lovely Leicester Square from Tulk v. Moxhay.

This is the home at issue in Sandborn v. McLean.

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Here is a gas station in 1925. The price was $0.23/gallon. This roughly $3.03 in 2013 dollars.

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In case you are curious, this graph charts the price of gas in the 20th Century.

Inflation Adjusted Gas Prices 1918-2012

Here is the layout of the Neponsit neighborhood.

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And here is a map of Neponsit, Queens. Neponsit means place between water–here Jamaica Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.


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Prop1 Class 14: Future Interests III: Rule Against Perpetuities

February 28th, 2013

The lecture notes are here, and the live chat is here.

Thankfully, Texas has abolished the Rule in Shelley’s case, the Doctrine of Worthier Title, and the Rule Forbidding a Remainder in the Grantor’s Heirs.

This is the Texas Rule Against Perpetuities.

RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES. The rule against perpetuities applies to trusts other than charitable trusts. Accordingly, an interest is not good unless it must vest, if at all, not later than 21 years after some life in being at the time of the creation of the interest, plus a period of gestation. Any interest in a trust may, however, be reformed or construed to the extent and as provided by Section 5.043.

Note: The Rule Against Perpetuities will not be tested on the final examination. In other words, this is a wrap for RAP.

 

Biden: “just fire the shotgun through the door.”

February 27th, 2013

F&S: What about the other uses, for self-defense and target practice?

V.P. BIDEN: Well, the way in which we measure it is—I think most scholars would say—is that as long as you have a weapon sufficient to be able to provide your self-defense. I did one of these town-hall meetings on the Internet and one guy said, “Well, what happens when the end days come? What happens when there’s the earthquake? I live in California, and I have to protect myself.”

I said, “Well, you know, my shotgun will do better for you than your AR-15, because you want to keep someone away from your house, just fire the shotgun through the door.” Most people can handle a shotgun a hell of a lot better than they can a semiautomatic weapon in terms of both their aim and in terms of their ability to deter people coming. We can argue whether that’s true or not, but it is no argument that, for example, a shotgun could do the same job of protecting you. Now, granted, you can come back and say, “Well, a machine gun could do a better job of protecting me.” No one’s arguing we should make machine guns legal.

That didn’t work well for Oscar Pistorius.

And firing a gun into the air is also illegal.

Tomorrow at South Texas College of Law at noon: Jeremy Rabkin Talk On Cyberwarfare

February 27th, 2013

On Thursday  at noon, George Mason Professor Jeremy Rabkin will be talking to the South Texas College of Law Federalist Society about Cyber-Warfare and the Laws of Armed Conflict. Professor Geoffrey Corn will comment.

The event is open to the public. It will be held Thursday at noon in the Emilie Slohm Conference Room on the 6th Floor of the Library, Come by and say hi.

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Predict the Next Pope on FantasyPope.com

February 27th, 2013

Welcome to FantasyPope.com.  FantasyPope is a prediction market that taps into the wisdom of the crowds to forecast who will be the next PopeBy ranking the top five candidates, FantasyPope will track in real time the movements and trends during the conclave.

FantasyPope is co-sponsored by the Center for Morality in Public Life. The Center for Morality in Public Life puts the pursuit of wisdom in service to right living and human flourishing—Prudentiam Sapientia Servientes. The Center for Morality in Public Life, under the leadership of President Andrew M. Haines and Content Director Mattias Caro, publishes the journal Ethikia Politika.

 

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