Fundamental property rights are under assault. Your right to say who can be on your property, and what they can do there, will be limited to the point of irrelevance unless the Supreme Court agrees to ...

MINOT — "A property tax means you never truly own your property." You've probably heard this argument, or something like it, from the proponents of Measure 4, the proposal to be voted on next month ...

One often hears the catchphrase, “human rights” matter more than “property rights.” That is wrong. Property rights are human rights, and undermining property rights threatens other fundamental human ...

The housing market had a tumultuous year marked by low inventory and high interest rates that pushed prices to record levels. Prospective first-time buyers are hoping it will turn around in 2025, and ...

The opinion in a U.S. District Court decision that has made corner crossing legal in the 10th District notes, “as Wyoming territorial justices observed long ago, ‘The fence is made for beasts; the law ...

The U.S. system for the transfer of real estate is unique in the world. We transfer ownership by private contract between parties; no advance government approval is required. By contrast, many ...

I'm blogging this week about my new book Natural Property Rights, published with Cambridge University Press and available for purchase now digitally and in hardbound version, at a variety of ...

In a recent post, I discussed the interesting response to the idea that information has taken on the characteristics of common-law property: “That would be a bad idea.” Saying so has incongruence akin ...

Part 1 of this two-part series discussed the circumstances that led to the omission of property rights from Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. But what would life be like if things had turned ...