Scott Andrew Shepard

Independent

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

10

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Scholarly Papers (10)

1.

Illinois Water Law: Common-Law Foundations and Statutory Adjustments

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 27 Sep 2012
Scott Andrew Shepard
Independent
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water, common law, natural resources, environmental law, property law

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Which the Deader Hand? A Counter to the American Law Institute’s Proposed Revival of Dying Perpetuities Rules

Tulane Law Review, Vol. 86, p. 559
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 05 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2012
Scott Andrew Shepard
Independent
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Property, Rule Against Perpetuities, Dead Hand, Trusts, Estates, Real Property, Reform

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The Unbearable Cost of Skipping the Check: Property Rights, Takings Compensation & Ecological Protection in the Western Water Law Context

New York University Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 16, 2008
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 12 May 2008 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2011
Scott Andrew Shepard
Independent
Downloads 175 (339,500)

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water rights, property, takings, eminent domain, water trusts, environmental protection

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A Uniform Perpetuities Reform Act

16 New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy 89 (2013)
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 04 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2013
Scott Andrew Shepard
Independent
Downloads 121 (457,619)
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trusts, estates, real property, rule against perpetuities, perpetuities reform, conditional gifts, dead hand, elder law, estate and gift tax

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Adverse Possession, Private-Zoning Waiver & Desuetude: Abandonment & Recapture of Property and Liberty Interests

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Vol. 44, p. 557, 2011
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 20 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 06 Jun 2011
Scott Andrew Shepard
Independent
Downloads 94 (547,765)

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Adverse Possession, Zoning, Desuetude, Home-Owners' Associations, Abandonment, Capture, Waiver, Property Law, Criminal Law

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The Lead Lemming: Illinois on the Pension-Crisis Brink

J. Econ. L. & Pol'y, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 23 Feb 2017
Scott Andrew Shepard
Independent
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law, economics, pensions, legislative reform, sovereignty, federal oversight, constitutional law, elder law

A Lost Generation but Renewed Hope: Oregon's Pension Crisis and the Road to Reform

Mercatus Working Paper, Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Arlington, VA, 2017
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 03 Aug 2017
Scott Andrew Shepard
Independent
Downloads 46 (806,519)

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Pension Reform, Public Pensions, California Rule, Contract Clause, State Finances, Government Finance, Public Employees, Public-Employee Unions, Employee Benefits, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Theory, Fringe Benefits

A Lost Generation But Renewed Hope: Oregon's Pension Crisis and the Road to Reform

MERCATUS WORKING PAPER
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 07 Jun 2018
Scott Andrew Shepard
Independent
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A Negative Externality by Any Other Name: Using Emissions Caps as Models for Constraining Dead-Weight Costs of Regulation

66 Admin. L. Rev. 345 (2014)
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 21 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2017
Scott Andrew Shepard
Independent
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administrative law, regulation, regulatory constraint, compliance /costs, cost-benefit analysis, emissions caps, compliance-cost caps, public-choice theory, public-interest theory, agencies, agency costs, environmental law

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The New Jersey Pension Crisis: Flailing in Deep Waters

Mercatus Working Paper, 2018
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 06 Sep 2018
Scott Andrew Shepard
Independent
Downloads 62 (690,187)

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pension reform, public pensions, state finances, government finance, public employees, public-employee unions, government employees, government-employee unions, vicious cycle, taxpayer flight, tax-base flight, employee benefits, public choice theory, government oversight, fringe benefits

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The California Rule and Its Potential Abolition

Mercatus Research Paper
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 18 Oct 2018
Scott Andrew Shepard
Independent
Downloads 44 (801,250)

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pension reform, public pensions, state finances, government finance, public employees, public-employee unions, government employees, government-employee unions, taxbase flight, employee benefits, public choice theory, government oversight, fringe benefits, Contract Clause, California Rule, state con