Zoning As Taxidermy: Neighborhood Conservation Districts And The Regulation Of Aesthetics,
2015
Yale Law School
Zoning As Taxidermy: Neighborhood Conservation Districts And The Regulation Of Aesthetics, Anika S. Lemar
Indiana Law Journal
Over the last thirty years, municipalities across the country have embraced neighborhood conservation districts, regulations that impose design standards at the neighborhood level. Despite their adoption in thirty-five states, in municipalities from Boise to Cambridge, neighborhood conservation districts have evaded critical analysis by legal scholars. By regulating features such as architectural style, roof angle, and maximum eave overhang, conservation districts purport to protect “neighborhood character” or “cultural stability.” Implicit in these regulations is the unsupported assumption that the essential feature of a neighborhood’s character is its architectural design at a single point in time. The unfortunate result is zoning as …
Sign Regulation After Reed: Suggestions For Coping With Legal Uncertainty,
2015
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University
Sign Regulation After Reed: Suggestions For Coping With Legal Uncertainty, Alan C. Weinstein
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
This article discusses Reed v. Town of Gilbert, in which the Court resolved a Circuit split over what constitutes content based sign regulations. We note that Justice Thomas's majority opinion applies a mechanical "need to read" approach to this question, and then explore the doctrinal and practical concerns raised by this approach. Doctrinally, we explore the tensions between Thomas's "need to read" approach and the Court's current approach of treating some regulation of speech as content-neutral despite the fact that a message must be read to determine its regulatory treatment. A prime example being the Court's "secondary effects" doctrine. …
Rent Certainty Is Not Rent Control,
2015
Technological University Dublin
Rent Certainty Is Not Rent Control, Tom Dunne
Reports
The housing crisis and the debate about rent control should result in a beneficial change to the regulation of the sector but the opportunity could be lost for want of clarity of thinking about the nature of rent certainty and the distinction between it and rent control. At present rent is regulated by the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (RTA 2004) which provides that rent can only change once a year and cannot be more than the market rent. Many argue a greater degree of rent certainty is required and that rent should not be allowed to increase by more than …
Sign Regulation After Reed: Suggestions For Coping With Legal Uncertainty,
2015
Cleveland State University
Sign Regulation After Reed: Suggestions For Coping With Legal Uncertainty, Alan Weinstein, Brian Connolly
All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications
This article discusses Reed v. Town of Gilbert, in which the Court resolved a Circuit split over what constitutes content based sign regulations. We note that Justice Thomas's majority opinion applies a mechanical "need to read" approach to this question, and then explore the doctrinal and practical concerns raised by this approach. Doctrinally, we explore the tensions between Thomas's "need to read" approach and the Court's current approach of treating some regulation of speech as content-neutral despite the fact that a message must be read to determine its regulatory treatment. A prime example being the Court's "secondary effects" doctrine. Practically, …
Do You Know The Fair Market Value Of Your Property?: A Call To The Legislature To Revise Section 775.089, Florida Statutes, Governing Restitution,
2015
Barry University School of Law
Do You Know The Fair Market Value Of Your Property?: A Call To The Legislature To Revise Section 775.089, Florida Statutes, Governing Restitution, Adam M. Hapner
Barry Law Review
No abstract provided.
Measuring Land Rights For A Sustainable Future,
2015
Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable Development
Measuring Land Rights For A Sustainable Future, Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Jeffrey D. Sachs
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications
Land rights, both for individuals and for communities, are critical for achieving sustainable development. Security of land tenure and other rights to the land (sometimes held communally rather than individually) can accelerate poverty reduction, strengthen food security, and empower women. Land rights can reduce resource conflicts, as well as encourage the responsible use of natural resources. As the UN member countries begin to implement the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), they should keep land rights in their focus, and measure and protect land rights in order to achieve the SDGs.
Cultural Heritage Conservation Easements: The Problem Of Using Property Law Tools For Heritage Protection,
2015
University of Miami School of Law
Cultural Heritage Conservation Easements: The Problem Of Using Property Law Tools For Heritage Protection, Jessica Owley
Journal Articles
Conservation easements are quickly becoming a favored tool for protection of cultural heritage. Perpetual encumbrances on the use of private land, most cultural heritage conservation easements are held by private conservation organizations known as land trusts. With minimal public oversight, land trusts decide which lands to protect in perpetuity and what the rules regarding use of those lands should be. A variety of concerns arise when protection of cultural heritage resides with private organizations. First, as governments abdicate cultural heritage protection to private organizations, the public’s role in site protection shifts. When private organizations and landowners negotiate which properties to …
Hybrid Governance In The Arctic: Carving Out A Political Space For Coastal Indigenous Communities In Arctic Emergency Preparedness & Response,
2015
Aarhus University
Hybrid Governance In The Arctic: Carving Out A Political Space For Coastal Indigenous Communities In Arctic Emergency Preparedness & Response, Jim Gamble
ShipArc 2015 Conference
No abstract provided.
Protecting Ecosystems, Culture, And Human Rights In Chile Through Indigenous And Community-Conserved Territories And Areas,
2015
SIT Graduate Institute
Protecting Ecosystems, Culture, And Human Rights In Chile Through Indigenous And Community-Conserved Territories And Areas, William G. Crowley
Capstone Collection
In environmental conservation circles around the world, the contributions of indigenous peoples and local communities to the sustainable maintenance of ecosystems and natural resources are being given increased attention. Whether for cultural, spiritual, economic, or other purposes, the use of traditional and local knowledge of habitat and resource management is slowly making its way into the modern environmental movement, and is being incorporated into the dominant conservation paradigms. These managed areas, known as Indigenous and Community-Conserved Territories and Areas, or ICCAs, are defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as “natural and/or modified ecosystems containing significant biodiversity …
Protecting Ecosystems, Culture, And Human Rights In Chile Through Indigenous And Community-Conserved Territories And Areas,
2015
SIT Graduate Institute
Protecting Ecosystems, Culture, And Human Rights In Chile Through Indigenous And Community-Conserved Territories And Areas, William G. Crowley
Capstone Collection
In environmental conservation circles around the world, the contributions of indigenous peoples and local communities to the sustainable maintenance of ecosystems and natural resources are being given increased attention. Whether for cultural, spiritual, economic, or other purposes, the use of traditional and local knowledge of habitat and resource management is slowly making its way into the modern environmental movement. These managed areas, known as Indigenous and Community-Conserved Territories and Areas, or ICCAs, are defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as “natural and/or modified ecosystems containing significant biodiversity values, ecological services and cultural values, voluntarily conserved by …
City Growth And Cooperation Along The United States/Mexican Border,
2015
University of Georgia School of Law
City Growth And Cooperation Along The United States/Mexican Border, Nora M. Tocups
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Financing Urbanization In Developing Countries,
2015
University of Georgia School of Law
Financing Urbanization In Developing Countries, Leslie Smith
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Housing The Urban Poor In Developing Countries: Selected Legal Issues In The Provision Of Serviced Land And Shelter,
2015
University of Georgia School of Law
Housing The Urban Poor In Developing Countries: Selected Legal Issues In The Provision Of Serviced Land And Shelter, Bertis E. Downs Iv
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Urbanization And Public Services,
2015
University of Georgia School of Law
Urbanization And Public Services, Fredric Stearns
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Symposium: Legal Issues And Urbanization In Developing Countries-Foreward,
2015
University of Georgia School of Law
Symposium: Legal Issues And Urbanization In Developing Countries-Foreward, Georgia Journal Of International And Comparative Law
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
The Treaty For Amazonian Cooperation: A Bold New Instrument For Development,
2015
University of Georgia School of Law
The Treaty For Amazonian Cooperation: A Bold New Instrument For Development, Georges D. Landau
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
High Country Conservation Advocates V. United States Forest Service, 52 F. Supp. 3d 1174 (D. Colo. 2014),
2015
Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana
High Country Conservation Advocates V. United States Forest Service, 52 F. Supp. 3d 1174 (D. Colo. 2014), Kathryn S. Ore
Public Land & Resources Law Review
High Country Conservation Advocates v. United States Forest Service concerns the United States Forest Service’s and the Bureau of Land Management’s authorizations of on-the-ground mining exploration activities in the Sunset Roadless Area of western Colorado. The United States District Court for the District of Colorado’s holding has far-reaching consequences for federal agencies’ analysis and disclosure of impacts on the climate under the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). In addition to bolstering the Plaintiffs’ recent successes at establishing legal standing to challenge federal agencies’ disclosures and analyses of impacts on the climate under NEPA, High Country is the first case to …
Profiles - Ucan’S New Campus Construction Project, Chicago, Illinois,
2015
New York Law School
Profiles - Ucan’S New Campus Construction Project, Chicago, Illinois, James Hagy, Sahar Nikanjam
Rooftops Project
Funding and constructing a new $41 million facility may be a once-in-a-generation, if ever, event, for many social service not-for-profits. Choosing a site that invests directly in the neighborhood and the people served can have ripple effects far beyond the central purpose of the delivery of services the buildings are designed to support. The Rooftops Project’s Sahar Nikanjam and Professor James Hagy walked the site of UCAN’s new campus construction under way in the Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago.
The Damage From Mega-Sporting Events In Brazil,
2015
Pace University School of Law
The Damage From Mega-Sporting Events In Brazil, J. Justin Woods
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Student Publications
Over the past several years, Brazil’s federal government and the city and state governments of Rio de Janeiro have invested tens of billions of dollars to develop the transportation, stadium, tourist, communications and security infrastructure required to host the 2007 Pan American Games, 2014 World Cup, and 2016 Summer Olympics. As Brazil seeks to use these mega- sporting events to assert itself as a major economic player on the word stage, its strategy demonstrates how hosting mega-events serves to attract regional and global capital, and to reinforce unequal power structures at the expense of the public treasury, environmental quality and …
Koontz V. St. Johns River Water Management District: The Constitutionality Of Monetary Exactions In Land Use Planning,
2015
University of Montana
Koontz V. St. Johns River Water Management District: The Constitutionality Of Monetary Exactions In Land Use Planning, John M. Newman
Montana Law Review
No abstract provided.
