I. Introduction

The 2005 changes in the Bankruptcy Code significantly affected a number of rules applicable to homestead protection in bankruptcy. The primary change, of course, was that if one acquires a Texas homestead within 1,215 days of filing for bankruptcy, homestead protection might be li...   MORE>>

According to the Oxford University Press website, The Transfer of Property in the Conflict of Laws is intended for commercial practitioners, particularly those with a cross-border practice, academics and scholars of the conflict of laws, postgraduate/advanced students of the subject, and legal refer...   MORE>>

A geographically small country, with a shortage of land, Singapore has traditionally relied on land reclamation as a means of providing additional physical space to accommodate its housing, industrial and economic needs. Singapore has been reclaiming land since its early colonial days without attrac...   MORE>>

“It’s 11:30 at night and you want to go to bed, but there’s a party going on next door. You tell them that; they don’t care. It’s having your wife go out to get the paper and cutting her feet on a bottle some undergrad smashed on your doorstep the night before. It’s begging [Boston Colle...   MORE>>

I. INTRODUCTION

The Fourth Amendment’s Seizure Clause is mired in the eighteenth century. Its counterpart, the Search Clause, has evolved through a steady progression of Supreme Court cases from Berger to Katz to Kyllo, no longer confined to the property-based interests embodied in Olmstead v. ...   MORE>>

“[The] genius of our Constitution resides not in any static meaning that it had in a world that is dead and gone, but in the adaptability of its great principles to cope with the problems of a developing America. A principle to be vital must be of wider application than the mischief that gave it b...   MORE>>

1. Introduction

An outstanding masterpiece of Khmer architecture, the Temple of Preah Vihear is situated on a promontory of the Dangrek mountain range, which straddles the boundary between the Kingdom of Thailand and Cambodia. The Temple was listed by Thailand as being situated in Bhumsrol villag...   MORE>>

1. Introduction

The issue of the ownership of the Preah Vihear Temple (Temple), which, it will be argued was settled by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 1962, was reignited recently following a successful application by Cambodia to have the Temple listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Li...   MORE>>

Your adult son has recently headed off to college and asks you to co-sign his lease. Of course, you agree. You trust your son and know that even in the worst-case scenario the most you will be called on to pay is a few months rent and some minor damage to the apartment. Well think again. According ...   MORE>>

I. INTRODUCTION

Recent litigation in Texas has brought to light some of the tensions existing between sellers and purchasers in the residential home market. Specifically, the extent of consumer protection afforded by implied warranties in the homebuilding and selling industry was examined recentl...   MORE>>