The Los Angeles Book Review To an extract from an intriguing new book: The patrimonial economy: land ownership and the new logic of inequalities by sociologists Lisa Adkins, Melinda Cooper and Martijn Konings. In the excerpt, the authors argue that increasingly, it is not the level of income but the …

Cape Town – In recent years, single women have rivaled single men when it comes to home ownership. It’s the gender gap that we hear little about, yet the trend seems to be accelerating. Women are also emerging as the main mortgage applicant in many cases, as they are often …

land court By: Mass. Lawyers Weekly Staff August 18, 2020 When a defendant company operates a gas pipeline under two easements, the easements do not give it the right to leave a disused pipe in place as part of a replacement project. The plaintiff city is therefore granted an interim …

In the most comprehensive report to date on the economic implications of nature conservation, more than 100 economists and scientists find that the global economy would benefit from the creation of far more protected areas on land and at sea than it does not exist today. The report examines various …

At the end of March, the Supreme Court of British Columbia released its decision in Chemainus Gardens RV Resort Ltd. against The Queen, 2020 BCSC 478. The decision is potentially of great help to entrepreneurs in British Columbia who install assets that become part of real estate. This includes contractors …