New Book: At the Cutting Edge 2009: Land Use Law from The Urban Lawyer
New Book: At the Cutting Edge 2009: Land Use Law from The Urban Lawyer
Posted: 27 Jan 2010 03:19 PM PST
One of the benefits of doing your own blog is that every now and then you are allowed to engage in a little shameless self-promotion (what's this "every now and then?").
Well, here goes.
The ABA has announced the forthcoming publication of a new book by the State and Local Government Law Section: At the Cutting Edge 2009: Land Use Law from The Urban Lawyer, edited by my colleague Dwight H. Merriam, and which features "[a] compilation of the most recent Section of State and Local Government Law committee reports from The Urban Lawyer."
What this means is that it contains topical and timely articles about the hottest topics in land use law, including exactions and impact fees, green building laws, ethics in land use, regulatory takings, citizen participation in public hearings, and public use and pretext in eminent domain (the piece I authored).
Here's the Table of Contents for a complete list of what the book covers.
University of Hawaii lawprof David Callies authored the Introduction which reads, in part (and here's the shameless self-promotion):