Land Use Controls

Give your students a casebook as dynamic as the subject of land use by adopting this thoroughly revised edition of a former best seller. LAND USE CONTROLS: Cases and Materials, Third Edition, illuminates the legal regulation of the land development process with a skillful blend of social scientific analysis and historical materials.

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Both students and instructors will appreciate the casebook's strengths: - distinguished authorship -- Robert C. Ellickson is a Professor of Law at Yale and author of several books and many law review articles. Vicki L. Been, is a highly respected scholar and authority on environmental justice- an interdisciplinary approach that weaves historical, social, and economic perspectives throughout the work- concise but comprehensive treatment of the legal issues that arise in both private and public regulation of land development- a thematic framework that reveals the connections among the multiple discrete topics under land law- helpful learning aids -- original introductory text, cases, notes, excerpts from law review articles, and visual aids such as maps, charts, and graphsThis revision covers all the most recent and important developments and features: - Kelo and other U.S. Supreme Court decisions through June 2005- thoroughly updated notes, with recent cases, law review literature, and empirical studies- recent land use controversies, such as the "Walmart Wars"