Eran Kaplinsky, SJD (University of Toronto), LLM (University of Toronto), LLB (Tel Aviv University)

Professor, Faculty of Law - Admin

Contact

Professor, Faculty of Law - Admin
Email
kaplinsk@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-2941
Address
447 Law Centre
8820 - 111 St NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 2H5

Overview

About

Professor Eran Kaplinsky researches and teaches in the areas of property law, municipal law, and planning law. He is the co-author of Ziff's Principles of Property Law (8th ed.). He holds a Bachelor of Laws from Tel Aviv University, a Master of Laws from the University of Toronto, and a Doctor of Juridical Science from the University of Toronto.  
Professor Kaplinsky served as Research Director of the University's Alberta Land Institute from 2016-2023.


Research

  • Land Use Planning and regulation
  • Municipal Law
  • Expropriation
  • Property Law
  • Law and Economics

Courses

LAW 440B - Property Law

This course involves the study of basic principles which govern the institution of real and personal property. Included in this analysis will be the history of property law and issues of social and political context. Other topics include right incident to the ownership and possession of land, tenures and estates, concurrent ownership, dower, leases and tenancies, easements, restrictive covenants, finders law, bailment, and gifts. Other special issues may be explored.


LAW 486 - Jurisprudence

An examination of law from a theoretical rather than a doctrinal perspective. Every year, the course will consist of a number of seminar offerings whose focus will be on a broader theoretical examination of law, legal processes, and institutions. Each of these courses will allow a critical examination of law from a variety of perspectives such as; legal theory, literature, politics, economics, social and cultural development, and religion.


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Featured Publications

Eran Kaplinsky

Alberta Law Review. 2023 October; 61 (1):101-110 10.29173/alr2754


Eran Kaplinsky, Malcolm Lavoie & Jane Thomson

2023 February;


David W. Poulton & Eran S. Kaplinsky

Land Use Policy. 2022 December; 123 10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106407


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