Research Directions for Historic Preservation Law

Below is the abstract for “Research Directions for Historic Preservation Law,” available for download on SSRN. Preservation laws govern an ever-increasing range of public and private activities affecting historic properties. Enacted at the federal, tribal, state, and...

Comprehensive Rezonings

ABSTRACTOf all powers given to local governments, the power to zone is one of the most significant. Zoning dictates everything that gets built in a locality—and thus effectively dictates all of the key activities that take place within it. Nationwide, most zoning...

Zoning for Families

ABSTRACT Is a group of eight unrelated adults and three children living together and sharing meals, household expenses, and responsibilities—and holding themselves out to the world to have long-term commitments to each other—a family? Not according to most zoning...