Mānoa: UH Law School professor to be honored with property rights prize

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University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaContact:Posted: Apr 21, 2017David L. CalliesUH Law Professor David L. Callies will receive the 2017 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize in the fall from the William & Mary Property Rights Project. Callies will receive this prestigious prize during the project’s 14th annual conference to be held at William & Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia, on October 12-13.The prize is named in honor of the lifetime contributions to property rights of Toby Prince Brigham and Gideon Kanner. It is presented annually to a scholar, practitioner or jurist whose work affirms the fundamental importance of property rights. Recently it has gone to legal scholars from Harvard, Yale, Columbia and the University of Michigan. Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was a recipient in 2011.Callies, a prolific scholar whose work explores land use, property, and state and local government law, has lectured around the world and written or collaborated on more than 90 articles and 20 books. He has been a member of the American Law Institute since 1990 and is the Benjamin A. Kudo Professor of Law at UH Mānoa. Prior to entering academia, he was an attorney in private practice and an assistant state’s attorney.Callies gained fame as a leading expert on land use and development in Hawai‘i early in his distinguished career, said Lynda L. Butler, Chancellor Professor of Law at William & Mary Law School and director of the school’s Property Rights Project.  Callies' research interests have become truly international in scope over time and encompass land use control, eminent domain, and sustainable development in numerous other countries. Butler noted that the annual Brigham-Kanner conference has been held in China and in The Hague as well as in Virginia.UH Law Dean Avi Soifer called the prize “a much-deserved honor for Professor Callies” that not only resonates in legal circles, but in ...

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