Rural Lands Seminar: Who Owns America?
Selected Topics in Property and Natural Resources Law
Jessica A. Shoemaker
University of Nebraska College of Law
In this seminar, we will analyze advanced topics in property and natural resources law. Our core objective is to analyze how, and if, our collective choices about property and natural resource law intersect with pressing environmental, social, and economic challenges. We will explore these questions fundamentally through the lens of rural land justice and, often, agricultural land tenure specifically. We will ask and explore deep and important questions about property's role in shaping the social and ecological contours of modern rural landscapes, including: Who really owns rural America? Why? And with what consequences?