Land Use Regulation: Cases and Materials

Selmi (law, Loyola Law School) and Kushner (law, Southwestern University) present cases in land use regulation, adding new material on annexations, law and economics, First Amendment law, private land use controls, and environmental regulation of land use to this second edition. Also new to this edition is a detailed summary of the Playa Vista development, which can be used to give students an early overview of land use regulation. Following this introduction to land use controls, chapters are arranged in sections on land use regulatory tools, the limits of current land use regulation, balancing growth management and the need for housing, and the use of land use controls to effectuate government policy objectives. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)