PropertyCon

In this first episode of the second season of PropertyCon I speak with Lorna Fox O'Mahony (https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/foxom36509/lorna-fox-o-mahony) and Marc Roark (https://www.sulc.edu/page/marc-l-roark) on the occasion of the publication of their new book Squatting and the State - https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/squatting-and-the-state/8D3FC8E3F55E569CA3001BC1BA8FCBDA.

In this episode I speak with Malcolm Combe, senior lecturer at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland. More information on Malcolm can be found here: https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/combemalcolmmr/ Malcolm and I speak about his research into wrongful-termination of tenancy orders under the 2016 act, but also discuss the wider issues of tenancy protection and property law in Scotland and beyond. In our conversation we try to explore legal characterization of tenancies, as well as their after effects in relation to receiving wrong-termination orders and compensation as well as in relation to returning deposits. The article our conversation is based on is Combe and Robson, “A review of the first wrongful-termination orders made under the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016: do they sufficiently protect those misled into giving up a tenancy?” 2021 Jur. Rev. 88. A link to the article van be found at: https://pureportal.strath.ac.uk/en/publications/a-review-of-the-first-wrongful-termination-orders-made-under-the- During our conversation we make mention, inter alia, of the books by Michael Heller and James Salzman, Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control our Lives (https://www.amazon.com/Mine-Hidden-Rules-Ownership-Control/dp/0385544723), Simon Winchester, Land. How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World (https://www.amazon.com/Mine-Hidden-Rules-Ownership-Control/dp/0385544723).

In this episode I speak with Prof. Marc L. Roark of Southern University Law Center about his latest project called ‘American Squatter' in which he explores the role of identity in property in the United States. Marc and I speak, amongst others, about 'American atom', about Jefferson's yeoman farmer and the lower Eastside squatters. More information about Marc Roark can be found at https://www.sulc.edu/page/marc-l-roark

This episode I speak with Professor Jessica A. Shoemaker on the difference between US and European property law, about Indian title and about systemic inequality in property law systems. We explore the role of fee simple and/or ownership of land and the way in which this has become unequally distributed over time so that some have accrued vast amounts of wealth, whereas others have (almost) nothing. More information about Jessica Shoemaker can be found at https://law.unl.edu/jessica-shoemaker/ Please follow PropertyCon at @PropConOnline on twitter and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

In this episode I speak with Benjamin Verheye on his completed PhD research on Land Registration. Since recording Benjamin has successfully defended his PhD thesis at the KU Leuven in Belgium on Tuesday 19 January 2021. In this episode Benjamin and I speak on his findings and his views on land registration in Belgium, France, Germany and England & Wales. More information about Benjamin Verheye can be found here: https://www.law.kuleuven.be/goederenrecht/leden/00085153/view Benjamin's PhD thesis in written in Dutch, but in the podcast he announces his intention to publish his essential findings in English too. Please follow PropertyCon at @PropConOnline on twitter and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

This special episode offers a recording of the workshop on property law at the annual Ius Commune Conference (www.iuscommune.eu). The Ius Commune research school is an international research school that organizes an annual conference. In 2020 it was hosted by Maastricht University and had to take place fully online. This long recording offers (a somewhat edited) recorded of the workshop. The contributions of the speakers were not edited to preserve the content of what was said. Below are the time-markings for each of the speakers. After the contribution from Sjef van Erp, Elsabe van der Sijde and Marc Roark and John Lovett, there is a general discussion on the contributions. At 00:03:47 Sjef van Erp (Maastricht) speaks on the ownership of data in Corona apps on mobile devices. More information about Sjef is available at https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/s.vanerp At 00:38:34 Bram Akkermans (Maastricht) opens the first panel on Property and Sustainability and speaks about the need for property and planetary flourishing. More information about Bram is available at https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/b.akkermans At 00:54:00 Jill Robbie (Glasgow) speaks about Scots experiences with the Covid-19 pandemic and shares her personal insights into what this means for property law. More information about Jill is available at https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/law/staff/jillrobbie/ At 01:07:31 Elsabe van der Sijde (Stellenbosch) speaks about South African experiences with the Covid-19 pandemic and shares her personal insights into what this means for property law. More information about Elsabe is available at https://www.linkedin.com/in/elsabe-van-der-sijde-1b458236/?originalSubdomain=uk At 01:44:52 Lorna Fox O'Mahony (Essex) speaks about the English, UK and Irish experiences with the Covid-19 pandemic and shares her personal insights into what this means for property law. More information about Lorna is available at https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/foxom36509/lorna-fox-o-mahony At 02:06:50 Marc Roark and John Lovett speak about the US experiences with the Covid-19 pandemic and share their personal insights into what this means for property law. More information about Marc is available at https://www.sulc.edu/page/marc-l-roark and about John at https://www.loyno.edu/academics/faculty-and-staff-directory/john-lovett.

In this first episode of PropertyCon Podcast I speak with Professor John Lovett, De Van D. Daggett, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola Law School in New Orleans. He has been active as a legal practitioner and a clerk for the United States District Court, Western District of Louisiana and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. In the past years John has been reporter drafting the Uniform Easement Relocation Act (UERA) under the auspices of the Uniform Law Commission (www.uniformlaws.org). During the podcast we discuss the Uniform Easement Relocation Act, which was inspired by Louisiana law, that - in its turn - is inspired by French law. The UERA offers a unique example of a legal transplant in the area of property law. You can find the UERA here: https://www.uniformlaws.org/viewdocument/final-act-with-comments-51?CommunityKey=ec690784-90d6-42c3-99ea-1e13a49c8540&tab=librarydocuments More information on John Lovett: https://www.loyno.edu/academics/faculty-and-staff-directory/john-lovett Please follow PropertyCon at @PropConOnline on twitter and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Join me, Bram Akkermans, property researcher at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, for a new adventure: PropertyCon is a podcast following up the PropertyCon online sessions held in the spring and early summer of 2020. PropertyCon deals with current issues in property law research with a focus on three themes. (1) Social justice, (2) Sustainability and (3) PropTech. Over time more themes can and will likely be added. Follow the podcast on Twitter @PropConOnline and follow Bram @BAkkermans. Please do get in touch if you are interested in appearing on an episode in the fall.