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 ..read more

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 r ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 essentia ..read more

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 ..read more

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 l ..read more

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 ..read more