Thanks, Denise. Yes, I remember now that it was Dan. Hope he's
listening...
Donna
Denise Smith wrote:
>Hi, Donna,
>
>The exercise you refer to was presented at MALSB by Dan Levin last
March. I have the handouts somewhere, but perhaps Dan can answer soon
and save us from all the impending puns!
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Donna J Cunningham <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sep 25, 2005 1:13 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Urgent - Property Law Exercise
>
>LOL. Yes, it's something like that. It begins when the man arrives on
>the island, finds the monkey, and "acquires" the monkey as his
>property. But things happen, and the last question in the exercise is
>something like this: "Is the man now the property of the monkey?"
>It's the progression of events that I'm missing, tho even for what I've
>told you all, I'm working strictly from memory. I thought the exercise
>was thought-provoking, humorous, and delightfully unexpected.
>
>Donna Cunningham
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>
>
>David W. Opderbeck wrote:
>
>
>><P>So a man and a monkey are marooned on a deserted island......
> can't wait to hear the punchline! Reminds me of this joke
>about classical economics:</P><P>A priest, a carpenter, and an
>economist are marooned on a deserted island. The have a meeting
>to decide how they might be rescued. The priest says, "I
>will retreat into the forest and pray for a boat to come."
> "That's good," says the carpenter, "I'll gather
>some wood from the forest and try to build a raft that can float us
>into the shipping lanes." They then both turn to the
>economist who, after a thoughtful pause, says, "well, assume we
>had a boat....."</P><P>David W. Opderbeck<BR>Assistant Professor
>of Business Law<BR>Baruch College, City University of New York<BR>(646)
>312-3602<BR>[log in to unmask]</P><P> <BR><FONT
>SIZE=2 STYLE=font-size:9pt><B>Donna Cunningham
><[log in to unmask]></B></FONT><BR><FONT SIZE=2
>STYLE=font-size:9pt>Sent by: "Academy of Legal Studies in Business
>(ALSB) Talk" <[log in to unmask]></FONT><BR><FONT
>SIZE=2 STYLE=font-size:9pt>09/25/2005 01:23 PM AST</FONT><BR><FONT
>SIZE=2 STYLE=font-size:9pt>Please respond to "Academy of Legal
>Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk"</FONT><BR><BR> <FONT SIZE=2
>STYLE=font-size:9pt>To:</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2
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>STYLE=font-size:9pt>Subject:</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2
>STYLE=font-size:9pt>Urgent - Property Law Exercise</FONT><BR>
> <BR><BR></P><P><FONT FACE="Monospace,Courier">Sometime in the
>last year or two, one of our members presented an intriguing<BR>student
>exercise about the meaning of property. It involved a man and
>a<BR>monkey both marooned on an island. I gleefully tucked away
>my copy (I<BR>thought) in my property law folder, but today came
>looking for it, and it's<BR>not there. I've looked everywhere!
> Can anyone help? I need this for my<BR>Tuesday
>classes.<BR></FONT><BR><BR><BR><FONT
>FACE="Monospace,Courier">Regards,<BR></FONT><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
><FONT FACE="Monospace,Courier">Donna J. Cunningham,
>J.D.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Monospace,Courier">Assistant Professor
>of Management<BR></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Monospace,Courier">Langdale
>College of Business<BR></FONT><BR><FONT
>FACE="Monospace,Courier">Valdosta State University<BR></FONT><BR><FONT
>FACE="Monospace,Courier">Valdosta, GA 31698<BR></FONT><BR><FONT
>FACE="Monospace,Courier">Direct: (229) 249-2606<BR></FONT><BR><FONT
>FACE="Monospace,Courier">[log in to unmask]<BR></FONT><BR><BR><BR><BR
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