Property Rights and the Constitution: Shaping Society Through Land Use Regulation (Suny Series in the Constitution and Economic Rights) - Softcover

Coyle, Dennis J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791414442 ISBN 13: 9780791414446

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1993

Synopsis

Controversies over public regulation of private land have dominated political agendas in recent years, especially at the local level. Land use and environmental regulation have reached unprecedented levels, and federal and state courts have garnered recent headlines by striking down regulations. Rights and regulations are on a collision course, and how they are reconciled will have a major impact on individuals, governments, and communities in the decades ahead. This book is the first systematic attempt to assess key constitutional developments in the land use field during the last decade in state and federal supreme courts. It highlights important trends, including the growing role of state supreme courts, attacks on regulation as exclusionary, and the emergence of the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment as a potentially major limitation on governmental power.

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About the Author

Dennis J. Coyle is Assistant Professor of Politics at The Catholic University of America. He has been a newspaper editor, reporter, and editorial writer, and has published commentaries in The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, and The Oakland Tribune.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791414442
• ISBN 13: 9780791414446
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 406