2012 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference Panels
9TH ANNUAL BRIGHAM-KANNER PROPERTY RIGHTS CONFERENCE:
PROPERTY’S DIMENSIONS
Program Panels
The 9th Annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference will explore some of the dimensions of property that shape its constitutional meaning and its role in political, economic and social systems. Those dimensions include: the role of economic property rights in times of economic crisis; the impact of a leading scholar on property jurisprudence; the moral responsibilities of property; and the role of the courts in shaping constitutionally protected property.
Panel 1: Property Rights in Times of Economic Crisis
This panel will explore the role of property rights in times of serious economic crises. In addition to discussing whether fundamental property norms, including those grounded in the Constitution, contribute to economic crises, the panel will consider ways property rights might help to solve a crisis either on their own or at the instigation of government.
Panelists:
- James W. Ely, Milton R. Underwood Chair in Free Enterprise Professor of Law, Emeritus, & Professor of History, Emeritus, Vanderbilt University
- William Fischel, Professor of Economics & Hale Professor of Legal Studies, Dartmouth College
- Rachel D. Godsil, Eleanor Bontecou Professor of Law, Seton Hall University Law School
- Eric Kades, Professor of Law, College of William & Mary Law School
- Robert H. Thomas, Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert, Honolulu, Hawaii
Moderator: Lynda L. Butler, Chancellor Professor & Director, Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Project, College of William & Mary Law School
Panel 2: The Impact of a Leading Property Scholar
This panel will examine the impact of the scholarship of James Krier on property jurisprudence. Discussion will include how his work has shaped thinking about property rights as well as the development of the institution of property.
Panelists:
- Robert Ellickson, Walter E. Meyer Professor Property and Urban Law, Yale Law School
- Lee Ann Fennell, Max Pam Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School
- Thomas W. Merrill, Charles Evans Hughes Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
- Carol Rose, Lohse Chair in Water and Natural Resources, University of Arizona College of Law; Gordon Bradford Tweedy Professor of Law and Organization, Emerita, Yale Law School
Comments: James E. Krier, Earl Warren DeLano Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Moderator: Lynda L. Butler, Chancellor Professor & Director, Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Project, College of William & Mary Law School
Panel 3: Property’s Moral Dimension
This panel will consider the extent to which property includes a moral authority or a moral sense of responsibility that might shape the development of property law, including constitutionally protected property.
Panelists:
- Gregory S. Alexander, A. Robert Noll Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
- Eric R. Claeys, Professor of Law, George Mason University
- Christopher Serkin, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
- Stewart E. Sterk, H. Bert and Ruth Mack Professor of Real Estate Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Moderator: Lynda L. Butler, Chancellor Professor & Director, Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Project, College of William & Mary Law School
Panel 4: The Judiciary’s Role in Shaping Constitutionally Protected Property
This panel will analyze the role of the judiciary in shaping constitutionally protected property rights. In addition to discussing how the courts define the nature of takings issues and thus the content of takings jurisprudence, the panel will consider the concept of judicial takings.
Panelists:
- Alan Ackerman, Ackerman Ackerman & Dynkowski, P.C., Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
- Daniel B. Kelly, Associate Professor Law, Robert & Marion Short Scholar, Co-Director, Law & Economics Program, Notre Dame Law School
- Eduardo Moisés Peñalver, Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
- JUDGE: TBD
Moderator: Joseph T. Waldo, Waldo & Lyle, P.C., Norfolk, Virginia
Roundtable Discussion on Property Rights: How Fundamental are Property Rights?
This roundtable will debate the significance of property rights as compared to other fundamental rights. Discussion will include the relationship between property rights and civil rights.
Panelists:
- Robert Ellickson, Walter E. Meyer Professor Property and Urban Law, Yale Law School
- James W. Ely, Milton R. Underwood Chair in Free Enterprise Professor of Law, Emeritus, & Professor of History, Emeritus, Vanderbilt University
- Carol Rose, Lohse Chair in Water and Natural Resources, University of Arizona College of Law; Gordon Bradford Tweedy Professor of Law and Organization, Emerita, Yale Law School
Moderator: Joseph T. Waldo, Waldo & Lyle, P.C., Norfolk, Virginia
