The Tragedy of Low-Density, Large-Lot Zoning
This Article considers the judicial treatment of low-density, large-lot residential zoning, which promotes economic and racial inequality and constrains housing supply, and suggests how it can be ref…
Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Journal | Spring 2025
Volume 60, Issue 1
Features
Allocating GST Exemption to GRAT Property after the Annuity Term
This Article surveys questions regarding the allocation of GST exemption to GRAT property, and it acknowledges the unsatisfying official guidance and lack of court consensus on these questions.
"I'm Not Saying I'd Make a Better CEO; That's Unsaid." Compelling the Trustee to Sell the Family Business when Succession Goes Awry
Trust settlors often use trusts to preserve family businesses across generations, with provisions that protect trustees from liability for retaining the business and waiving the duty to diversify ass…
The Contested Legacy of John Adams
Massachusetts courts have recently decided several cases involving an educational trust that former President John Adams created a few years before his death almost two centuries ago.