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| Joseph William Singer
Things Invisible To See: State Action & Private Property. Joseph William Singer, June 2018, Paper, "This Article revisits the state action doctrine, a judicial invention that shields “private” or “non-governmental” discrimination from constitutional scrutiny. Traditionally, this doctrine has applied to discrimination even in places of public accommodation, like restaurants, hotels, and grocery stores. Born of overt racial discrimination, the…
| Joseph William Singer
Property and Sovereignty Imbricated: Why Religion Is Not an Excuse to Discriminate in Public Accommodations. Joseph William Singer, 2017, Paper, "As same-sex marriage has become the law of the land, business owners who have religious objections to state recognition of such marriages have claimed the" right not to participate" in such marriages by providing goods and services such as flowers …"…
| Joseph William Singer
Regulation Is Just Another Word for Law. Joseph William Singer, November 10, 2015, Opinion. "Americans are skeptical about regulation. But when we read the news about faulty ignition switches and falsified environmental equipment, we see that the temptation to make short-term profits may blind us to the harms we cause. And it is for that reason, above all, that government needs to do the regulating. Suppose I buy a car from a company that tells…
| Joseph William Singer
Property Law: Rules Policies & Practices, Sixth Edition (Aspen Casebook). Joseph William Singer, 2014, Cases. "This hugely successful cases-and-problems book, acclaimed for its textual clarity and socially progressive but evenhanded perspective and its contemporary, up-to-date character, is easily distinguished from other property casebooks through its explanations of the social ramifications of property law; its inclusion of numerous…
| Joseph William Singer
Property as the Law of Democracy. Joseph William Singer, 2014, Paper. "In both his article Property as the Law of Things and his prior work, Professor Henry Smith has revitalized property law theory by emphasizing the architectural role that property plays in private law and the ways in which modular property rights reduce information costs and promote both property use and transfer. I applaud Smith's insistence that we focus on the systemic…
| Joseph William Singer
Foreclosure and the Failures of Formality, or Subprime Mortgage Conundrums and How to Fix Them. Joseph William Singer, December 1, 2013, Paper. "The subprime mortgage crisis was not only an economic disaster but posed challenges to traditional rules of property law. Banks helped create the crisis by marketing mortgages through unfair and deceptive practices. They induced many consumers to take out high-priced loans they could not afford and then…
| Joseph William Singer
Titles of Nobility: Property, Poverty, and Immigration in a Free and Democratic Society, Joseph William Singer, June 12, 2013, Paper. "Both property and immigration are premised on exclusion yet both human rights and democratic norms require us to treat every human being with equal concern and respect. While neither sovereigns nor owners can have completely open borders, they have obligations to respect the human dignity of "the stranger."…