Sec. 1. DEFINITION. The Association for Law, Property, and Society, Inc. (Association) is incorporated as a corporation not-for-profit under the laws of the State of New York, and being thereunder constituted a body corporate and politic, has those purposes and powers set forth in its Certificate of Incorporation as amended and those further corporate powers and rights granted to it by law.
Sec 2. The Association is a membership organization for scholars doing interdisciplinary legal scholarship. The Association brings together a wide range of people engaged in scholarship on all aspects of property law and policy including; real, personal, intellectual, intangible, cultural, personal, and other forms of property. It seeks to encourage dialogue across and among people in many disciplines that are interested in property law, policy, and theory.
Its objectives are
Sec. 1. DEFINITION. The Association for Law, Property, and Society, Inc. (Association) is incorporated as a corporation not-for-profit under the laws of the State of New York, and being thereunder constituted a body corporate and politic, has those purposes and powers set forth in its Certificate of Incorporation as amended and those further corporate powers and rights granted to it by law.
Sec 2. The Association is a membership organization for scholars doing interdisciplinary legal scholarship. The Association brings together a wide range of people engaged in scholarship on all aspects of property law and policy including; real, personal, intellectual, intangible, cultural, personal, and other forms of property. It seeks to encourage dialogue across and among people in many disciplines that are interested in property law, policy, and theory.
Its objectives are
Sec. 1. CATEGORIES. Membership in the Association shall consist of Regular, and such other categories as the Board may designate.
Sec. 2. ELIGIBILITY. Individuals and institutions who are interested in promotion of interdisciplinary legal scholarship may become “Members” of the Association in the appropriate category as determined by the Board upon the payment of annual dues as specified by the Board.
Sec. 1. PURPOSE. The business affairs and governance of the Association shall be under the management and control of a Board of Directors (Board).
Sec. 2. POWERS. The Board of the Association shall have the powers provided for in these Bylaws and any additional powers necessary for the governance of the Association and not vested either in the Officers of the Association exclusively, or in the membership thereof. Interpretations of these Bylaws shall be made by the Board and shall be conclusive. Except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws or otherwise provided by the Board all decisions of the Board shall require the presence of a quorum and shall require a majority of those present and voting.
Sec. 3. COMPOSITION. The Board shall consist of nine (9) members. In addition, The Officers of the Association (who are those individuals occupying the four positions specified in the first sentence of Article IV, Section 1) shall be voting members of the Board. All past Presidents of the Association shall continue to be voting members of the Board during the year after completion of their duties as president (as “Immediate Past President”) and thereafter as an ex-officio, non-voting member, of the Board as long as they remain members of the Association in good standing. The Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Law, Property and Society shall also be an ex-officio, non-voting member of the Board. Board members may be considered for re-nomination to the Board two years after completing a term.
Sec. 4. TERMS OF OFFICE. Members of the Board shall serve for a period of three years beginning at the end of the meeting of the Board at which they are selected. Members shall be elected on a rotating basis with 3 new members elected each year. With respect to the inaugural Board, 9 members will be appointed to categories of “A”, “B”, and “C”, with 3 members in each category. At the end of the second year in office, rotations will start with the term expiring on the category “A” members, the following year the term of the category “B” members shall expire, and the year after that the term of the category “C” members shall expire. A member appointed to fill the unexpired term of another member of the Board shall serve until the original member’s term has expired, and shall be eligible to serve for an additional three-year term upon expiration of such partial term. The Officers of the Association shall serve as members of the Board during the time they are Officers.
Sec. 5. SELECTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. New members of the Board shall be chosen by a vote of the existing Board on recommendation of a Nominating Committee appointed by the President of the Association and composed of at least three members of the Board.
Sec. 6. ELIGIBILITY FOR SELECTION. Any member of the Association, except an institutional member, is eligible for selection to the Board.
Sec. 7. VOTING. Each member of the Board, including those members who are Officers, shall have one vote on any matter voted upon by the Board. A quorum for the purpose of exercising any of the powers of the Board shall be eight (8) inclusive of Officers who are all considered members. Voting shall be in person unless at least a majority of all voting members of the Board approve absentee voting in advance of a vote on the matter or matters for which absentee voting is requested.
Sec. 1. DESIGNATION. The officers of the Association shall be a President, President-Elect, Secretary, and Treasurer.
Sec. 2. SELECTION OF THE OFFICERS.
Sec. 3. QUALIFICATIONS. Officers of the Association must be members of the Association, at the time they are nominated, at the time they are selected, and throughout their term of office.
Sec. 4. TERMS OF OFFICE. The office of President, President-Elect, Treasurer, and Secretary shall be assumed at the conclusion of the meeting of the Board at which he/she is selected. Each position shall be for a term of one year. A person who serves as President shall not be eligible for the Office for at least five years after completing service in the position. The President-Elect shall become President upon completion of the term by the President.
Sec. 1. PRESIDENT. The President shall be the presiding officer at all meetings of the Association and of the Board; shall have general supervision of the affairs of the Association; shall affix the name of the Association to all documents requiring execution of the Association; shall appoint all committees and their chairmen; and shall be ex officio member of every committee.
Sec. 2. PRESIDENT-ELECT. The President-Elect shall assist the President in the affairs of the Association, and shall serve in the place of the President in the event that the President is unable to complete his or her term in Office.
Sec. 3. SECRETARY. The Secretary shall keep a complete record of all proceedings of the
meetings of the Association and of the Board; shall attend to and preserve all the correspondence, documents, and records of the Association; shall attest to all documents requiring execution by the Association; and shall affix the seal of the Association to same.
Sec. 4. TREASURER. The Treasurer shall receive and disburse the funds of the Association as authorized by the Board and shall have custody of the funds of the Association; and at the expense of the Association, the Treasurer shall furnish bond in manner and amount to be determined from time to time by the Board. The Treasurer shall render a proper report at the annual meeting of the Board, and other such reports as may be requested.
Sec. 1. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Sec. 1. HOW CONSTITUTED. The Association shall have Standing Committees as provided for in these Bylaws or by a majority vote of the Board. All committees and committee chairs shall be appointed by the President for a fixed term appropriate to their duties and in no case extending one year beyond his/her term of office.
Sec. 2 NOMINATING COMMITTEE. This committee shall be charged to bring to the Board a proposed slate of officers and new members of the Board as required.
Sec. 1. APPOINTMENT. Special committees may be appointed by the President.
Sec. 1. All initial Officers and Board Members are to be selected by the original Board as named in the filing for the Certificate of Incorporation, and the selected Officers and Board members shall officially commence their terms of service as of the inaugural meeting of the Association. After the date of adoption of these Bylaws and selection of the initial Officers and Board members, and prior to the inaugural meeting such Officers and Board members will serve in their positions with a title of “designate”; (so, for example, President Designate, President-Elect Designate, Board Member Designate, etc.).
Sec. 1. The Association shall maintain an Executive Director to take care of Association business and said Executive Director may with Board approval name an Associate Director to Assist the Executive Director. Neither of these positions shall be voting positions in their own right, although an Executive Director or Associate Director may simultaneously hold a position with voting power.
Sec. 1. DEFINITION. The fiscal year of the Association shall be from July 1 to June 30, inclusive. thereunder constituted a body corporate and politic, has those purposes and powers set forth in its Certificate of Incorporation as amended and those further corporate powers and rights granted to it by law.
Sec. 1. REQUIREMENTS. These Bylaws may be amended at any regular or special meeting of the Board by an affirmative vote of nine (9) voting members.
Sec. 1. EFFECTIVE DATE. These Bylaws were adopted by the Board for the Association and became effective March 5, 2010.
Amended by the Board of Directors
2 May 2015 (see Article III, Section 3 and Section 4)