Maureen E. Brady

Harvard Law School

Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law; Deputy Dean

Griswold 301

1525 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

http://scholar.harvard.edu/mbrady

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

18

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Scholarly Papers (18)

1.

The Forgotten History of Metes and Bounds

Yale Law Journal, Vol. 128, p. 872, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2018-26
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 23 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2019
Maureen E. Brady
Harvard Law School
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property, land recording, land use, development, dispute resolution, metes and bounds, property theory, social norms, perambulation

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The Lost 'Effects' of the Fourth Amendment: Giving Personal Property Due Protection

Yale Law Journal, Vol. 125, p. 946
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 01 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2016
Maureen E. Brady
Harvard Law School
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Fourth Amendment, property, personal property, legal history, search and seizure, criminal law, criminal procedure, constitutional history, constitutional law

3.

Turning Neighbors into Nuisances

Harvard Law Review, Vol. 134, p. 1609, 2021, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 21-18
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 11 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2021
Maureen E. Brady
Harvard Law School
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property, land use law, police power, Euclid, zoning, private law, covenants, nuisance, legal history, deed restrictions

4.

Property and Projection

Harvard Law Review, Vol. 133, p. 1143, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2019-11
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 19 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2020
Maureen E. Brady
Harvard Law School
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property, land use, nuisance, trespass, privacy, First Amendment, light pollution, light projection

5.

The Damagings Clauses

Virginia Law Review, Vol. 104, p. 341, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2017-50
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 05 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 20 May 2018
Maureen E. Brady
Harvard Law School
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property, eminent domain, state constitutions, condemnation, takings, nuisance, damaging, legal history

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Property's Ceiling: State Courts and the Expansion of Takings Clause Property

Virginia Law Review, Vol. 102, p. 1167
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 20 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2016
Maureen E. Brady
Harvard Law School
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property, land use, takings, eminent domain, legal history, local government, state constitutions, constitutional law, institutional competence, streets, transportation, easements, street grading, civil engineering, law and technology, urban law

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Uses of Convention History in State Constitutional Law

Wisconsin Law Review, vol. 2022, p. 1169, Harvard Public Law Working Paper 22-32
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 24 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2022
Maureen E. Brady
Harvard Law School
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state constitutional law, legal history, state and local government, constitutional interpretation, originalism, history and tradition, legislative history

8.

The Failure of America's First City Plan

Urban Lawyer, Vol. 46, p. 507, 2014
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 01 Feb 2015
Maureen E. Brady
Harvard Law School
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land use, local government, legal history, property, eminent domain, streets, street planning, urban history, urban studies, New Haven

9.

The Illusory Promise of General Property Law

132 Yale L.J. F. 1010 (2023), Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 23-08
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 31 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2023
Maureen E. Brady
Harvard Law School
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Property, Federalism, General Law, Local Law, Fourth Amendment, Erie, Swift, Criminal Procedure, Takings, Search and Seizure

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Cottages as Public Nuisances: The Long History of Land Use Regulation of the Poor

DePaul Law Review, Vol. 73, p. 241, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 23-34
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 25 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2024
Maureen E. Brady
Harvard Law School
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legal history, land use, zoning, housing regulation, poor law, vagrancy

11.

Zombie State Constitutional Provisions

Wisconsin Law Review, Vol. 2021, p. 1063, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 22-01
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 22 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 09 May 2022
Maureen E. Brady
Harvard Law School
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state constitutions, legal history, constitutional conventions, zombie laws, unenforceable provisions, covenants, property, constitutional law

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Analog Analogies: Intel v. Hamidi and the Future of Trespass to Chattels

J. Tort Law, vol. 16, p. 205
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 06 May 2024
Maureen E. Brady and James Y. Stern
Harvard Law School and William & Mary Law School
Downloads 229 (288,023)

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trespass to chattels, personal property, legal history, torts, property, Fourth Amendment, Article III standing

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Penn Central Squared: What the Many Factors of Murr v. Wisconsin Mean for Property Federalism

University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online, Vol. 166, p. 53, 2017, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2017-49
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 31 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 01 Dec 2020
Maureen E. Brady
Harvard Law School
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takings, eminent domain, property, denominator problem, federalism

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Defining 'Navigability': Balancing State-Court Flexibility and Private Rights in Waterways

Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 36, p. 1415
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 08 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2015
Maureen E. Brady
Harvard Law School
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property, water rights, navigability, common law, legal history, Takings Clause, Due Process Clause, constitutional law

15.

Covenants and the Contract Clause

Va. Envt'l L.J. (forthcoming 2025), Harvard Public Law Working Paper 25-07
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 07 Jun 2024
Maureen E. Brady
Harvard Law School
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property, covenants, deed restrictions, constitutional law, contract clause, takings clause, zoning, land use, local government, homeowners associations

16.

Property Convergence in Takings Law

Pepperdine Law Review, Vol. 46, p. 695 (2019), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2018-55
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 13 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2019
Maureen E. Brady
Harvard Law School
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takings, eminent domain, federalism, property

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The Domino Effect in State Takings Law: A Response to 51 Imperfect Solutions

University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2020, p. 1455, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 20-31
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2020
Maureen E. Brady
Harvard Law School
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Leaving Room for Research: The Historical Treatment of the Common Law Research Exemption in Congress and the Courts, and its Relationship to Biotech Law and Policy

Yale Journal of Law & Technology, Vol. 12, p. 269, 2010 (published under maiden name, Boyle)
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 17 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2015
Maureen E. Brady
Harvard Law School
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Intellectual property, legislative history, legal history, biotechnology, patents