Mothers of Redemption
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the Second, Chapter 31: Of Title by Bankruptcy This chapter is about how law makes bad things good. Bankruptcy turns bad behavior into personal renewal; unpaid...
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Horses
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the Second, Chapter the Thirtieth. Of Title by Gift, Grant and Contract This chapter has a hard time separating fact from fiction. It’s sort of a...
Comprehensive Legal Coverage
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the Second, Chapter the Twenty-Ninth. Of Title by Succession, Marriage and Judgment. This chapter is about not being seen. Among the methods of acquiring property that...
Blackstone Sparks Joy
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the Second, Chapter the Twenty-Eighth, Of Title by Custom. The quirky doctrines in this chapter muddle the line between animate and inanimate beings. Reading about old legal...
Of Rights and Reasons
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the Second, Chapter 27. Of Title by Prerogative and Forfeiture This chapter is about hunting. Actually, it’s about not hunting, because the king outlawed it in order to...
Lost Property Department
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the Second, Chapter 26. Of Title to Things Personal by Occupancy. This chapter is about loss. Talk about entitlement to property usually focuses on how to...
Everything Changes
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the Second, Chapter the Twenty-Fifth. Of Property in Things Personal. The property in this chapter is always escaping. The objects of our desire are captured and subdued...
A Moveable Feast
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the Second. Chapter the twenty-fourth. Of Things Personal. Property is comedy in the Commentaries: it always ends well. But along the way there are problems and...
What Could That Be For?
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the Second. Chapter the Twenty-Third: Of Alienation by Devise The push for coherence is irresistible, necessary for understanding, and doomed to produce illusory meanings. Here’s...
No Surrender!
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the Second. Chapter the twenty-second. Of ALIENATION by SPECIAL CUSTOM. This chapter is about how legal rituals can put some flexibility into social boundaries. Blackstone describes...