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The Ripeness Game: Why Are We Still Forced To Play?, Michael M. Berger Jun 2014

The Ripeness Game: Why Are We Still Forced To Play?, Michael M. Berger

Touro Law Review

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Other Tributes To Fred Bosselman, Edward J. Sullivan, Nancy E. Stroud Jun 2014

Other Tributes To Fred Bosselman, Edward J. Sullivan, Nancy E. Stroud

Touro Law Review

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Participatory Democracy And The Entrepreneurial Government: Addressing Process Efficiencies In The Creation Of Land Use Development Agreements, Ramsin G. Canon Apr 2014

Participatory Democracy And The Entrepreneurial Government: Addressing Process Efficiencies In The Creation Of Land Use Development Agreements, Ramsin G. Canon

Chicago-Kent Law Review

Can the development agreement become a tool for community-based planning? Development agreements and related land use planning instruments have steadily increased in popularity over the last few decades. Standard zoning regimes have proven to be too rigid and inflexible to accommodate the evolving nature of large-scale, and particularly mixed-use, developments. The bilateral nature of development agreements also allows cities and counties to effectively compete for development dollars by crafting incentives. However, this type of ad-hoc planning can run afoul of the reserved powers doctrine and its progeny, and can face vehement political and social opposition. This type of opposition results …


Still An Issue: The Taking Issue At 40, Patricia E. Salkin Jan 2014

Still An Issue: The Taking Issue At 40, Patricia E. Salkin

Touro Law Review

In October 2013, with the launch of Touro Law Center’s new Institute on Land Use and Sustainable Development Law, the Touro Law Review held a symposium to commemorate the 40th anniversary of “The Taking Issue: A Study of the Constitutional Limits of Governmental Authority to Regulate the Use of Privately-Owned Land Without Paying Compensation to the Owners” (The Takings Issue), the Council on Environmental Quality’s seminal report by Fred Bosselman, David Callies and John Banta. For this symposium Touro Law Review assembled some of today’s leading luminaries to reflect on how the taking issue has evolved and to assess where …