The Federalist Society's section on property rights and environmental law has posted audio (14mb mp3) (with video coming soon) of a recent debate held in Washington, D.C., about the state of Property Rights in the United States. Two Ninth Circuit judges, Alex Kozinski and Stephen Reinhardt, anchored the debate. Jim Burling of the Pacific Legal Foundation moderated.
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- Robert H. Thomas is a lawyer focusing on property, takings, eminent domain, and appellate law
He also serves as the Joseph T. Waldo Visiting Chair in Property Rights Law at the William & Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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books & articles
The Law of Eminent Domain - A Fifty State Survey (ABA 2011)
Eminent Domain - A Handbook of Condemnation Law (ABA 2011)
At the Cutting Edge 2009: Land Use Law from The Urban Lawyer (D. Merriam, ed. 2010)
Recent Developments in Public Use and Pretext in Eminent Domain, 41 Urban Lawyer 563 (Oct. 2009)
The Ninth Circuit Rediscovers Substantive Due Process in Land Use Cases (Dec. 2008)
reviews
- Names on the Land (2008)
Battle For Brooklyn (Rumur Films 2011)
Regulating Paradise: Land Use Controls in Hawaii by Professor David J. Callies (2d ed. 2010)
Regulatory Takings by Professor Steven J. Eagle (2013)
Takings International: A Comparative Perspective on Land Use Regulations and Compensation Rights, Professor Rachelle Alterman, ed. (ABA Section of State and Local Government Law 2010)
Property Rights, Eminent Domain, and Regulatory Takings Re-Examined Bruce L. Benson, ed. (Independence Institute 2010)
Little Pink House - A True Story of Defiance and Courage by Jeff Benedict (2009)
The Complete Guide to Zoning by Dwight H. Merriam (2005)
Bulldozed: 'Kelo,' Eminent Domain and the American Lust for Land by Carla T. Main (2007)
Eminent Domain Use and Abuse: Kelo in Context, Dwight H. Merriam, editor (2007)
podcasts
- IJ's "Bound by Oath" Podcast, Ep. 9: Excessive Fines, 14th Amendment Incorporation (And The Just Compensation Clause) We Join IJ's "Short Circuit" Podcast To Talk Virginia Oyster Takings, Colorado Wild Eminent Domain Abuse Cert Petition, And Berman International Eminent Domain Podcast Interviews William & Mary Law Students Clint Schumacher's Eminent Domain Podcast Is Back - Six Degrees Of Williamson County Ripeness ... And Elvis Clint Schumacher's New Eminent Domain Podcast Podcast: Interview With Ted Balaker, Producer Of The Upcoming Kelo Movie "Little Pink House" Interview With The Filmmaker: Michael Galinsky On "Battle of Brooklyn" Taking Accretion By Legal Erosion: Summary Of The Oral Arguments In The Hawaii Beach Takings Case
The Kauai Property Tax Charter Amendment Case (KKCR FM 92.7)
Legal and Other Issues In Honolulu's Rail Project (Think Tech Hawaii, KIPO FM 89.3)
Recent Posts
- CA4: Exactions Takings Claim Accrues When Owner Knows Of The Demand, Not When It Paid
- New Cert Petition: Do You Need Statutory Authorization To Sue For A Taking?
- Exactions, Takings, And Ripeness...Oh My! When Planning Officials Say "No," That's Enough (Even If They Might Have Said "Yes" Some Other Way)
- When Statute Says No Eminent Domain For "Pedestrian Way," Does That Include Sidewalks? (Is This A Trick Question?)
- Mass SJC: Families Have No Common Law Property Right To Have Predecessors' Remains Remain In Cemetery
- Denying Uses (But Allowing Discretionary Ad Hoc Exceptions) Isn't A Recipe For Rational Land Use
- When It Rains, It Floods: Intermittent Flooding, Inevitably Recurring, Is Treated As A Permanent Invasion
- One Guess What The Second Circuit Did With A Takings Challenge To Rent Control
- Guest Post - Kady Valois, "How The West Was Won: Easements!"
- Catholic U Law School Student Scholar: "Eychaner v. City of Chicago: Repercussions after The Supreme Court refuses to take up a Takings Clause Reconsideration"
live blog archive
- Judge McKenna Senate Hearing (2/4/2011)
Governor's Announcement of Judge Sabrina McKenna as Associate Justice, HAWSCT (1/25/2011)
Must A Property Owner Seek To Change The Law To Ripen A Federal Takings Claim? (HAWICA, 12/8/2010)
Justice Recktenwald Senate Hearing (8/25/2010)
Judge Leonard Senate Hearing (8/3/2010)
New Jersey's "Bizarre Condemnation" - Klumpp v. Borough of Avalon (NJ Supreme Court, 3/22/2010)
Columbia Eminent Domain Oral Arguments (NY Court of Appeals 6/1/2010)
Turtle Bay/Kuilima Supplemental EIS case (HAWSCT, 12/17/2009)
Atlantic Yards eminent domain abuse (NY Court of Appeals, 10/14/2009)
Ala Loop Homeowners: are state zoning laws "environmental" statutes (HAWSCT, 10/14/2009)
links
- Professor Mandelker's Land Use Law
- Julie Tappendorf's Municipal Minute
- Professor Kanner's Gideon's Trumpet
- Bulldozers at Your Doorstep - Goldstein, Rikon, Rikon & Houghton
- Eminent Domain Law Blog by Owners Counsel of America
- Rick Rayl's California Eminent Domain Report
- ABA State & Local Govt Law Section, Condemnation Law Committee
- Mark Murakami's Hawaii Ocean Law
- Dwight Merriam's RLUIPA Defense
- McKirdy & Riskin's NJ Condemnation Law
- Tred Eyerly's Insurance Law Hawaii
- Dean Patty Salkin's Law of the Land
- PLF's Liberty Blog
- Ackerman Ackerman & Dynkowski's National Eminent Domain Blog
- Jesse Souki's Hawaii Land Use Law & Policy
- New Jersey Eminent Domain Law Blog
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