Approving or denying building permits and other land-use applications is an important role of local governments but one that often draws criticism from developers and citizens alike. This volume identifies an array of proven practices for bringing greater fairness, thoroughness, and speed to the development review process. The authors and a team of planning and development review professionals benchmarked with three national leaders and discovered seventy-eight distinctive practices accounting for the leaders' success. In doing so, the benchmarking team not only produced helpful advice for improving development review processes but also demonstrated the value to local governments of a type of benchmarking fairly common in the private sector but rarely used in the public sector.

Development Review in Local Government: Benchmarking Best Practices

Ammons, David N.

Davidson, Ryan

Ewalt, Ryan

Business

UNC School of Government

An intriguing and entertaining look at how America’s legal system would work using the world of comic books. The dynamic duo behind the popular website LawAndTheMultiverse.com breaks down even the most advanced legal concepts for every self-proclaimed nerd. James Daily and Ryan Davidson—attorneys by day and comic enthusiasts all of the time—have clearly found their vocation, exploring the hypothetical legal ramifications of comic book tropes, characters, and powers down to the most deliciously trivial detail. The Law of Superheroes asks and answers crucial speculative questions about everything from constitutional law and criminal procedure to taxation, intellectual property, and torts, including:<ul>
<li>Could Superman sue if someone exposed his true identity as Clark Kent?</li> <li>Are members of the Legion of Doom vulnerable to prosecution under RICO?</li> <li>Do the heirs of a superhero who comes back from the dead get to keep their inherited property after their loved one is resurrected?</li> <li>Does it constitute “cruel and unusual punishment” to sentence an immortal like Apocalypse to life in prison without the possibility of parole?</li>
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Engaging, accessible, and teaching readers about the law through fun hypotheticals, The Law of Superheroes is a must-have for legal experts, comic nerds, and anyone who will ever be called upon to practice law in the comic multiverse.

The Law of Superheroes

Daily, James

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Gotham

An intriguing and entertaining look at how America’s legal system would work using the world of comic books. Two brave heroes take on the comic multiverse, wielding the greatest superpower of all: the law. James Daily and Ryan Davidson—attorneys by day, comic enthusiasts all of the time, and founders of the popular website lawandthemultiverse.com—have clearly found their vocation, exploring the hypothetical legal ramifications of comic book tropes, characters, and powers down to the most deliciously trivial detail. The Law of Superheroes asks and answers crucial speculative questions about everything from constitutional law and criminal procedure to taxation, intellectual property, and torts, including: <ul>
<li>Could Superman sue if someone exposed his true identity as Clark Kent?</li>
<li>Are members of the Legion of Doom vulnerable to prosecution under RICO?</li>
<li>Do the heirs of a superhero who comes back from the dead get to keep their inherited property after their loved one is resurrected?</li>
<li>Does it constitute “cruel and unusual punishment” to sentence an immortal like Apocalypse to life in prison without the possibility of parole?</li>
</ul>Engaging, accessible, and delightfully educational, The Law of Superheroes is a must-have for legal experts, comic nerds, and anyone who will ever be called upon to practice law in the comic multiverse.

Comics & Graphic Novels

Manga

Penguin Publishing Group

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