Daniel R. Mandelker: A Record for Relevance
Professor Daniel R. Mandelker's entire body of scholarship remains relevant. Recent articles on spot zoning and standing illustrate some of the problems cities face in trying to increase residential…
The Urban Lawyer
Volume 52, Issue 2
Articles
Dan Mandelker—A Land-Use Legacy Unlike Any Other
This commentary explores Professor Dan Mandelker's work and how he has influenced the development of land use and zoning law through the courts and through his scholarship, including articles and boo…
Dan Mandelker—As I Have Known Him over the Years
A life's journey with a law school professor/mentor. Traveling from student classes and research to arguments in national courts ranging up through the U.S. Supreme Court.
Dan Mandelker: Valued Treatise Partner
This is a tribute to Daniel Mandelker as a distinguished treatise author whose work is widely cited by courts, attorneys, and commentators. The article also discusses the importance of having law pro…
For Decades I Asked Dan to Serve, and He Always Said Yes
Selected conferences, seminars, articles and books of Professor Mandelker are discussed and numerous photographs are included. A link to a 2004 Keynote Speech he gave on "Zoning—What Is in Its Future…
I Learned This from Professor Mandelker
We all have an obligation to be mentors and to "pay it forward" for the help others have generously given us in developing personally and professionally. That may be the greatest lesson learned for P…
Mandelker and Regulatory Takings: A Rational Approach
The article discusses most aspects of regulatory taking of property in the context of Professor Mandelker's enormous contribution to property law.
My Four Favorite Features of Dan Mandelker
To the author (a land use and First Amendment practitioner and teacher), Dan Mandelker was a generous co-author, a taskmaster, an even-handed visionary, and a role model.
In Praise of Dan Mandelker's NEPA Wisdom
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires federal agencies to consider environmental consequences before acting. This article describes Professor Daniel Mandelker's contributions as a NEP…
Professor Mandelker and the Doctrine of Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan As Experienced in Florida
The Florida consistency requirement that local development approvals and land development regulations be consistent with the local comprehensive plan, has been very effective for at least thirty year…
Recollections and Tribute—The Seven Faces of Dan Mandelker
Dan Mandelker has been a pre-eminent scholar in local government, land use, and affordable housing for five decades. This article honors his achievements and pays tribute to his extraordinary charact…
More Articles
Enhancing Land Use Equity Through Improved Zoning
A best-practice description of one community moving toward a more equitable future through enhanced comprehensive planning (land use categories and future land use map), and how updated zoning regula…
Green Belts and Urban Growth at Sixty
A retrospective study of the writing of the landmark study, Green Belts and Urban Growth, and how it brought attention to the importance of the British green belt concept and its role in urban planni…
Sign and Advertising Regulation After City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising: Lessons for Practitioners and Questions for Academics
City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising confirms that billboard regulation does not, in itself, offend the First Amendment. This article considers the broader lessons from the case, attempting…
The Paradox of American Land-Use Law: The Imbalanced Export-Import Knowledge Trade
Unaware, the US is a global exporter of knowledge about land-use regulations—especially finance-saving tools. However, US land use law is self-isolated from the "import" side.
Planning for the Plan: Oregon's Statewide Goal 2
Oregon requires planning as a prerequisite for land use regulation and requires plan consistency for state and local actions. Plans must be coordinated with other public agencies, with public involve…