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Book Reviews, Judith T. Younger, Joseph R. Crowley
Book Reviews, Judith T. Younger, Joseph R. Crowley
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Urban Planning and Land Development Control Law. By Donald Hagman. This book seeks to "distill, summarize and state textually the wisdom on planning and development control law collected" and serves as a supplement to Mr. Hagman's casebook. The reviewer criticizes the book for not more fully addressing zoning issues and the related problem of population concentration and dispersion as evidenced in the Golden v. Planning Board case. Public Workers and Public Unions. Edited by Sam Zagoria. This book brings together divergent views on on the growth of unions and other employee organizations, the impacts ad legal issues presented by collective …
Pointing The Way To Housing Quality, Alexander Cooper, Michael Kwartler, Charles Reiss
Pointing The Way To Housing Quality, Alexander Cooper, Michael Kwartler, Charles Reiss
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This article highlights the Urban Design Council's goals of promoting the highest economically feasible standard of quality in residential housing and seeking to stimulate beneficial development in cities. The article describes the current zoning plan in effect in New York City, proposes new approaches to improve housing quality by exploring the elements of "quality" and zoning as a means of achieving such quality housing.
Case Notes
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Constitutional Law- Freedom of Speech- Dismissal of Public School Teacher for Symbolic Expression of Political Opinion in the Classroom Held Unconstitutional. This case note discusses the first amendment issue in James v. Board of Education, 461 F.2d 566 (2d Cir. 1972), and the extent to which schools may limit a teacher's freedom of expression in the classroom. The note reviews the various tests used to analyze freedom of expression in general and then analyzes case law in the school context to infer that a court may permit state or local governments to control classroom expression when a teacher uses his …