Brigham–Kanner Property Rights Prize

The Brigham–Kanner Property Rights Prize is awarded annually by William & Mary College School of Law, at the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference and is named after Toby Prince Brigham and Gideon Kanner. Toby Prince Brigham is a founding partner of Brigham Moore in Florida. Gideon Kanner is professor of law emeritus at the Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. The Brigham-Kanner Prize is awarded annually during the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference.

Recipients

Frank I. Michelman (2004)

Professor Frank I. Michelman was chosen in large measure for his influential article, "Property, Utility, and Fairness: Comments on the Ethical Foundations of ‘Just Compensation’ Law", 80 Har.L. Rev. 1165 (1967). He is the author of Brennan and Democracy, Rights and Democracy in a Transformative Constitution, and Constitutional Property Clauses: A Comparative Analysis.[1]

Richard A. Epstein (2005)

Professor Richard A. Epstein is the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago where he also serves as director of the John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics. He is known for his research and writing in a broad range of constitutional, economic, historical, and philosophical subjects.He edited the Journal of Legal Studies (1981–91) and the Journal of Law and Economics (1991–2001). He is now a director of its Olin Program in Law and Economics. Epstein's books include How the Progressives Rewrote the Constitution (2006); Free Markets under Siege: Cartels, Politics and Social Welfare (Hoover Institution Press, 2005), Skepticism and Freedom: A Modern Case for Classical Liberalism (2003); Principles for a Free Society: Reconciling Individual Liberty with the Common Good (1998); Mortal Peril: Our Inalienable Right to Health Care? (1997); Simple Rules for a Complex World (1995); Bargaining with the State (1993); Forbidden Grounds: The Case against Employment Discrimination Laws (1992); and Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain (1985).[2]

James W. Ely (2006)

Professor James W. Ely is the author of The Guardian of Every Other Right: A Constitutional History of Property Rights, The Fuller Court: Justices, Rulings and Legacy, and Railroads and American Law.[3]

Margaret Jane Radin (2007)

Professor Margaret Jane Radin is professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School.[4]

Robert C. Ellickson (2008)

Professor Robert C. Ellickson is the Walter E. Meyer Professor of Property and Urban Law at Yale Law School. He is author of The Household: Informal Order Around the Hearth, Order Without Law: How Neighbors Settle Disputes, Land Use Controls (with Vicki L. Been), and Perspectives on Property Law (with Carol M. Rose and Bruce A. Ackerman). He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a past president of the American Law and Economics Association.[5]

Richard E. Pipes (2009)

Professor Richard E. Pipes is the 2009 recipient of the Brigham–Kanner Property Rights Prize. He is the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of History, Emeritus, at Harvard University. he served as as National Security Council Director of East European and Soviet Affairs from 1981-82.[6]

Carol M. Rose (2010)

Professor Carol M. Rose is the 2010 recipient of the Brigham–Kanner Property Rights Prize. She is the Lohse Chair in Water and Natural Resources professor at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. From 1990 to 1994 Professor Rose was the Fred Johnston Chair in Property and Environmental Law, Yale Law School. She has been the author of titles such as "Property and Persuasion: Essays on the History, Theory, and the Rhetoric of Ownership" "Crystals and Mud in Property Law, 40 Stan. L. Rev. 577" and "Big Roads, Big Rights: Varieties of Public Infrastructure and Their Impact on Environmental Resources, 50 Ariz. L. Rev. 409 " among others.[7]

James E. Krier (2012)

James E. Krier, the Earl Warren DeLano Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, is the outstanding scholar on the evolution of American property rights. Fully recognizing that property rights are more than simple relationships between Kings and Princes spawned by the Magna Charta, Professor Krier comprehends the history of economic relations and behavioral conduct in an ever changing society, recognizing that the study of property is a study of economics and societal action. Fully recognizing that property rights are intrinsic in our liberty, Professor Krier has cogently espoused the nature of change in personal relationships in both economic and non-economic circumstances and how they have modified the property rights relationship. He has clarified the intrinsic relationship of property rights and societal relations.[8]

Thomas W. Merrill (2013)

Thomas W. Merrill, the Charles Evans Hughes Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, received the Brigham–Kanner Property Rights Prize during the 10th Annual Brigham Kanner Property Rights Conference on October 18 and 19, 2013 at the William and Mary School of Law.

Michael M. Berger (2014)

Berger has argued numerous cases before the US Courts of Appeal and the United States Supreme Court. He was recognized for his contributions through his practice to the law of takings.[9]

Joseph W. Singer (2015)

Joseph William Singer, Bussey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, will receive the 2015 Brigham–Kanner Property Rights Prize at the 12th annual conference on October 1–2, 2015. In addition to a casebook and treatise on property law, he is the author of Entitlement: The Paradoxes of Property (Yale University Press, 2000), The Edges of the Field: Lessons on the Obligations of Ownership (Beacon Press, 2000), and No Freedom without Regulation: The Hidden Lesson of the Subprime Crisis (Yale University Press, forthcoming).

Hernando de Soto (2016)

Hernando de Soto is the author of The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else (Basic Books, 2000), The Other Path: The Economic Answer to Terrorism (Basic Books, 2002), which includes a new updated preface, "The Other Path after Ten Years," and Swiss Human Rights Book Volume 1: Realizing Property Rights (2006), co-authored with Francis Cheneval.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Law School to Host Property Rights Conference on Nov. 5 - 6, 2004" Archived July 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "Law School Honors Epstein with 2005 Property Rights Prize" Archived June 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "Vanderbilt University: Biography of James W. Ely"
  4. ↑ Stanford's Biography on Margaret J. Radin
  5. ↑ "Bob Ellickson ’66 Awarded Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize" Archived September 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ Pipes named 2009 recipient of Brigham-Kanner Prize
  7. ↑ "University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law Faculty Profile" Archived June 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ The Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize was given to Professor Krier at the 2012 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference on October 11, 12, 2012.
  9. ↑ Official press release
  10. ↑ "Hernando de Soto to Receive 2016 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize". William & Mary Law School - Hernando de Soto to Receive 2016 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize. March 10, 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
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