Community Claim of Right
The City of Chicago's strategy to offload its thousands of vacant lots and how the current programs are insufficient in addressing the growing problems that open lots pose.
The Urban Lawyer
Volume 51, Issue 1
Articles
Developments in Interstate Compact Law and Practice 2020
All states are parties to 25 or more interstate compacts; at least 100 bills in 2020 proposed to join or create compacts. Third Circuit and Colorado Supreme Court decisions may change the legal lands…
Power and Democracy in Local Public Participation Law
Comparing the Massachusetts and English systems reveals that both proceed from a distrust of local government, and their aims and approaches are often in tension with the substantive goal of adding m…
Taking Emergencies Seriously
For COVID-19 regulations, lawmakers and courts must distinguish between police power and eminent domain power. Property regulation responding to emergencies may exceed state police power if overly bu…