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Interest Representation And The Federal Land Policy And Management Act, Michigan Law Review
Interest Representation And The Federal Land Policy And Management Act, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
The role of the BLM under the FLPMA, this Note argues, is accurately captured in the "interest representation" model of administrative law; judicial review under this model serves to vindicate the "participation rights" of parties interested in public lands management. Part I places the FLPMA in the context of other recent congressional reform efforts and attempts to justify heightened judicial scrutiny of the BLM's activities. To protect citizens' participation rights, it concludes, courts should recognize a limited right to initiate the planning and management provisions of the FLPMA. The Act, in other words, should be interpreted to comprehend "agenda forcing" …
Maintaining Residential Integration: Municipal Practices And Law, Kermit J. Lind
Maintaining Residential Integration: Municipal Practices And Law, Kermit J. Lind
Kermit J. Lind
Suburban integration following the passage of the Federal Fair Housing Law in 1968 presented an unprecedented challenge to those communities. Residential integration was not the desire of the majority of homeowners then and racial discrimination was deeply imbedded in the business of selling and buying homes. Integration was usually presumed to be the interval between the first black family moving into a neighborhood and the last white family leaving. But not for everyone. Some communities made a determination to embrace and maintain residential integration. Municipal governments were pressed by both their constituents and federal policies tied to federal funds to …