Land Use Controls: Cases and Materials (Aspen Casebooks)

Joining the team for the Fourth Edition are Roderick M. Hills (New York University) and Christopher Serkin (Vanderbilt), whose publications have appeared in many leading law reviews, including the Columbia Law Review and the Harvard Law Review. . The Fourth Edition introduces new material on sustainable development as well as a new focus on the mechanics of modern zoning regulations. Post-Kelo eminent domain reform efforts are discussed, and there are expanded comparisons with foreign law. Recent constitutional rulings are covered, including treatments of judicial takings and the Dormant Commerce Clause. Notes are thoroughly updated with recent cases, law review literature, and empirical studies.

Thoroughly updated, the revised Fourth Edition presents:

• two new co-authors:
  • Roderick M. Hills, Professor of Law at New York University School of Law and author of numerous law review articles, focusing on local government law and issues of federalism
  • Christopher Serkin, Professor of Law at Vanderbilt Law School and author of numerous law review articles,focusing on local governments, eminent domain, andthe takings clause
• new material on sustainable development
• new focus on the mechanics of modern zoning regulations
• Post-Kelo eminent domain reform efforts
• expanded comparisons with foreign law
• updated notes, with recent cases, law review literature, and empirical studies