Here’s a newly published article from University of Virginia lawprof Maureen Brady, “Property’s Ceiling: State Courts and the Expansion of Takings Clause Property” 102 U. Va. L. Rev. 1167 (2916). We think it is worth your time reading.
What particularly caught our eyes about the article was its focus on municipal “regrade”
We’re big fans of the University of Hawaii Law Review. Not just because it’s the flagship publication of our alma mater, but mostly because it publishes some worthy and useful articles from time to time (including ours).
But it’s always bothered us that the subscription service was really Old School. As in to
Last year, we posted about the Brigham-Kanner Conference, the annual meeting at William and Mary Law School where we talk all things property rights and award the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize. (By the way, this year’s conference will be held in The Hague, The Netherlands in October. But more on that soon, in
A new(er) law review article, worth reading, from Dean Shelly Saxer, “When Local Government Misbehaves,” 2016 Utah L. Rev. 105 (2016). Here’s the abstract:
In this article, Dean Saxer examines the Supreme Court’s decision in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District. In that land use case, the Court held that proposed
Read this: “The Accidental Abstention Doctrine: After Thirty Years, the Case for Diverting Federal Takings Claims to State Court Under Williamson County Has Yet to Be Made,” by R.S. Radford and Jennifer Fry Thompson, published in the most recent edition of the Baylor Law Review.
If the title weren’t enough to
Austin, Texas, is where we’re at for the next few days, for the 2016 edition of the American Law Institute-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation conference, now in its 33d year. First time we’re in Austin, however, and our registration numbers are looking very good, and we haven’t had this big a turnout in years.
Whatever you might celebrate at this time of year — Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Festivus, or whatever (or even if you don’t celebrate anything except good cheer and gift giving) — here’s our suggestion for the gift for the takings nerd in your life: Professor Ilya Somin’s fantastic book, “The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. City
Look what arrived in the mail, a copy of the ABA Section of State and Local Government Law’s recently-published Municipal Law Deskbook, edited by our friend and colleague, Oregon’s Bill Scheiderich.
We received a gratis copy because we authored the chapter on Regulatory Takings. The book is designed as a quick reference guide
We’ve covered this topic before (see here, here, and here), but we haven’t heard much about it lately. But thanks to this new article by colleague Dwight H. Merriam, we can get back up to speed.
In “Eminent Domain for Underwater Mortgages: Already on the Way to the Bottom of
A new article worthy of your time from The Urban Lawyer, the law review published by the ABA Section of State and Local Government Law: “The Power of Eminent Domain in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: Should Common Interest Communities Be Compensated for the Loss of Asssments,” by James R. Conde.
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