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The Role Of Bureaucracy In Managing Urban Land In Vietnam, John Gillespie
The Role Of Bureaucracy In Managing Urban Land In Vietnam, John Gillespie
Washington International Law Journal
In recent years, the Vietnamese government has opened up its economy to both domestic and foreign private investors. In the construction industry, however, developers must contend with a legal environment fraught with contradictions and idiosyncrasies. The industry is one marked by the subordination of law-widespread patronage, party policy, and traditional customs. While property rights superficially resemble those in Western states, ownership and development are in theory strictly controlled by the central government. But paradoxically, the level of compliance with property laws is substantially lower in Vietnam than in the West. Noncompliance with property laws and building regulations is perpetuated by …
Sometimes An Impact Fee Is Not Just An Impact Fee: The Possible Inequitable Application Of Hawaii's Impact Fee Statute To Foreign Investors, Jose F. Vera
Washington International Law Journal
Historically, Hawaii has assessed foreign developers high impact fees either as a means to raise capital for affordable housing or as a means to regulate foreign investment. In 1992, Hawaii enacted House Bill 3787, an impact fee statute, to promote uniformity in Hawaii's assessments of impact fees. Although Hawaii's statute provides uniformity for most developers, it still permits local governments to assess foreign developers disproportionately higher impact fees. This Comment examines how a foreign developer might challenge either Hawaii's impact fee statute or an individual impact fee assessment as violating his or her constitutional rights under the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal …