Regulatory Takings provides clear, yet trenchant analyses of the federal and state constitutional principles that arise when expanding land use regulations clash with the right of citizens to receive just compensation when their property is taken.

"On Point" Law for the Legal Specialist

Regulatory Takings provides a detailed examination of the substantive and procedural aspects of regulatory takings law as well as the judicial applications of these principles in specific areas, such as exactions on new development and governmental growth restrictions. In the process, Regulatory Takings liberally cites pertinent cases, statutes, and secondary sources. It examines technical considerations unique to regluatory takings, such as special standing requirements, while highlighting widely varying state and local statutes, ordinances, and strative practices. Get detailed analysis on:

wetlands regulations

exactions on development

free speech rights in shopping malls and other private property

the Endangered Species Act

"exclusionary" zoning

asset seizures

rent controls

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