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2 Tex. A&M J. Prop. L. [i] (2014-2015)

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               JOURNAL OF REAL
    A M           PROPERTY LAW




VOLUME 2               2014              NUMBER 1


                    CONTENTS

STUDENT ARTICLES EDITION
HELP ME, I'M DROWNING! USING THE
FAIR HOUSING ACT TO PROTECT CITIES
THAT USE EMINENT DOMAIN TO SEIZE
UNDERWATER MORTGAGES .............. Emily D. Anderson

J.R.R. TOLKIEN GOES TO LAW SCHOOL:
EXPLORING PROPERTY LAW JURISPRUDENCE
THROUGH THE HOBBIT AND THE
LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY ................ Colin P. Benton  25

THE FLOODPLAIN FIASCO .................... Andrew J. Kubiak  53

FIELD OF DREAMS: IS THE MOVIE SITE'S
COMMERCIALIZATION A DREAM PLAN
WITH SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS OR A
NIGHTMARE SCRIPT WITH CRIPPLING
EFFECTS? ..................................... Michael J. McGraw  73

SPANISH AND MEXICAN LAND GRANTS
AND HEIRS' RIGHTS TO UNCLAIMED
MINERAL ESTATES IN TEXAS ................... Rose Richerson  97

PROPERTY RIGHTS IN SPACE:
ASTEROID MINING ............................... David Sarnacki  123

ROBBING PETER AND BLAMING PAUL:
A COMMENT EXPLAINING HOW
PROFESSOR ROBERT HOCKETT
INCORRECTLY ASSESSES THE CAUSE
OF THE UNDERWATER MORTGAGE
CRISIS AND AN AQUINIAN EXPLANATION
OF HOW HIS EMINENT DOMAIN
SOLUTION IS NEITHER ETHICALLY
CORRECT NOR APPROPRIATE ......... Cooper Morgan Walker 147

HOW TO REMEDY THE COURT'S UNREASONABLE
EXPANSION OF THE PUBLIC USE DOCTRINE.... Brian Walsh 169


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