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  2. Lockean proviso - Wikipedia

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    The phrase Lockean proviso was coined by American libertarian political philosopher Robert Nozick in Anarchy, State, and Utopia. [2] It is based on the ideas elaborated by Locke in his Second Treatise of Government, namely that self-ownership allows a person the freedom to mix his or her labor with natural resources, converting common property into private property.

  3. United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians - Wikipedia

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    United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians, 448 U.S. 371 (1980), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that: 1) the enactment by Congress of a law allowing the Sioux Nation to pursue a claim against the United States that had been previously adjudicated did not violate the doctrine of separation of powers; and 2) the taking of property that was set aside for the use of ...

  4. Regulatory takings in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Wisconsin, 137 S. Ct. 1933 (2017), the Court held that denominator is best assessed through a multi-factor balancing test that includes such factors as "the treatment of the land, in particular how it is bounded or divided, under state and local law," the "physical characteristics of the landowner’s property," and "the value of the property ...

  5. Lapse and anti-lapse - Wikipedia

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    Lapse and anti-lapse [1] are complementary concepts under the US law of wills, which address the disposition of property that is willed to someone who dies before the testator (the writer of the will).

  6. Thomas Paine - Wikipedia

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    His last pamphlet, Agrarian Justice, published in the winter of 1795, opposed agrarian law and agrarian monopoly and further developed his ideas in the Rights of Man about how land ownership separated the majority of people from their rightful, natural inheritance and means of independent survival.

  7. What is a mortgagee clause? - AOL

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    A mortgagee clause protects the lender even if the damage to the property was intentional and would otherwise void the insurance policy. If you’re like most homeowners, you’ll need a mortgage ...

  8. Energy Charter Treaty - Wikipedia

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    However, the Treaty has a "sunset clause" that allows lawsuits to be filed for 20 years after the departure of a member; Italy left the ECT in 2015, but was successfully sued in 2022. [ 67 ] In 2020, Julia Steinberger and Yamina Saheb (both co-authors of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report ) [ 68 ] initiated an open letter that calls for the ...

  9. Land tenure - Wikipedia

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    At the same time, severe weather events caused by climate-change have become more frequent, affecting property values. [53] In the developing world, catastrophes are impacting greater numbers of people due to urbanization, crowding, and weak tenure and legal systems. Colonial land-tenure systems have led to issues in post-colonial societies. [54]