Condominium Governance and Law in Global Urban Context

ISBN-13: 9780367897093 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 276 str.

Randy K. Lippert; Stefan Treffers

Opis

This book examines condominium, property, governance, and law in international and conceptual perspective and reveals this urban realm as complex and mutating.

Spis treści

Introduction: Condominium Governance and Law in Global Urban Context. Part 1: Conceptualizing Condominium Property, Governance, Law, and Influence.  1. Narratives of property and the limits of legal reform in the English leasehold system and its counterparts in other jurisdictions.  2. Embedded property.   3. Private governance of condominium land: Common law versus statute.  4. Turnover or roll over?: Property developer legal avoidance and influence on condominium governance in New York City and Toronto.  5. Between ownership and privacy: Private surveillance and condominium governance in Israel.  Part 2: Introduction: International Case Studies in Condominium Law, Dilemmas of Governance, and Statutory Reform.  6. Homeowner associations’ role in China’s condominium governance.  7. Living with strata towers: A case study of metropolitan Melbourne in disruptive global times.  8. European and South African law perspectives on the efficacy of sanctions to confront chronic rulebreakers in condominium developments.  9. Untying built-in knots in Danish condominium law: A balancing of interests.  10. New challenges to Spanish condominiums in an economic and pandemic crisis.  Part 3: Introduction: Broader Issues and Futures of Condominium Governance. 11. Law reform challenges: An evaluation of Australia’s strata law trends and implications.  12. The emerging architecture of state regulation in North American condominium governance.  13. Condominiums aren’t forever: Governance, redevelopment, and implications for the city.  14. Law on paper and law in practice: The contradictions of condominium governance in urban China.  15. Chicago’s "deconversion" waves and the fragility of condominium associations.  Conclusion: Condominium Governance and Law, Property, and Global Urban Futures.