Lore and Law

Tag: legal case notes

  • Saruman, Fangorn Forest, and Environmental Law

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    S Vitale
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    If Isengard were dropped into modern England, Saruman’s assault on Fangorn Forest would look less like woodland management and more like a charge sheet: unlawful felling, unlawful burning, protected-site damage, nuisance, remediation and possibly wildlife offences.

  • Smaug, Thorin and the Rights to Erebor

    Smaug, Thorin and the Rights to Erebor

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    S Vitale
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    Introduction Erebor raises a surprisingly difficult property law question. In The Hobbit, the Lonely Mountain is first the ancestral home of the Dwarves, then the lair of Smaug, and finally the object of Thorin Oakenshield’s claim to restoration. This article considers that question through adverse possession law. It is a legal commentary exercise: if the…