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January 13, 2012
The Genius of Individual Ownership
When I teach Pierson v. Post, we spend a few minutes talking about why the judges just didn't order the litigants to just share the fox pelt. The point I try to make is that property law is biased in favor of individual ownership -- the administrative and monitoring costs are much lower. To drive this point home, I show the first 1:45 of this clip from the Big Bang Theory. The premise is that four close friends have pooled their money together and purchased a prop from the movie, Time Machine. Property-themed hilarity ensues:
Steve Clowney
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That's awesome. I watched that episode the other day and was struck by it, but I didn't think about integrating it into a discussion of Pierson v. Post. But I will now!
Posted by: Tanya Marsh | Jan 16, 2012 4:15:15 PM
That is great.
Posted by: Marc Roark | Jan 17, 2012 2:59:25 PM
