Public Nature of Private Property

Robin Paul Malloy is E.I. White Chair and Distinguished Professor of Law at Syracuse University, and editor of Ashgate's Law, Property and Society series. Michael Diamond is Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, and author of Corporations: A Contemporary Approach (Carolina Academic Press, 2008).

'The Public Nature of Private Property contains a set of thought-provoking essays written by leading property law scholars, centered upon a single motif involving the nature of property. Modern property discourse usually adopts a frame portraying private property and public regulation as antagonists. From this perspective the task is to decide when private property rights must bend to protect or serve other public interests. These contributions reframe the debate by adopting a different vantage point. Public regulation can be seen as part of the definition of private property, rather than an incursion on property. The reframing has value for two reasons. First, it more accurately reflects the centuries-old history of how the Anglo-American understanding of property has evolved. Second, it enhances the discourse by putting the two strains, private and public property rights, on a level playing field.' James Charles Smith, University of Georgia, USA 'The Public Nature of Private Property is a valuable resource both for the academic property lawyer and the academic administrative lawyer.' The Cambrian Law Review

• Contents: Preface, Michael Diamond; The public nature of property rights and the property nature of public law, J. Peter Byrne; Explaining the persistent myth of property absolutism, David Fagundes; Shared equity housing: cultural understanding and the meaning of ownership, Michael Diamond; Crisis and the public-private divide in property, Nestor M. Davidson and Rashmi Dyal-Chand; Eviction and the public interest: the right to respect for home in English law, Lorna Fox O'Mahony; Opening neighborhoods to people with mobility impairment: property, disability and inclusive design housing, Robin Paul Malloy; Who should fix the sink? Addressing maintenance and repairs in limited equity cooperatives, Jennie O'Flanagan; Preserving public peace, protecting private property, Susan S. Kuo; Adult adoption of lovers and spouses to help ensure their inheritance: fair or foul?, Terry L. Turnipseed; Table of cases; Table of statutes and legislative material; Bibliography; Index.