Nekrilov v. City of Jersey City
Third Circuit Rejects Investors' Takings Clause Challenge Based on Municipal Officials' Public Statements About a Regulatory Regime.
Vol. 136 No. 3
Property
Necessity Takings in the Era of Climate Change
Vol. 136 No. 3
The American West has been in the midst of a megadrought for the last two decades — the worst it has experienced in at least 1200...
Price and Sovereignty
Vol. 135 No. 2
[W]e must not overlook the actual fact that dominion over things is also imperium over our fellow human beings. — Professor Morris R. Cohen,...
Antidemocracy
Vol. 135 No. 1
Democracy can take root anywhere, from community gardens to the most toxic workplace environments. It’s planted whenever people treat one another as political equals,...
Monopolizing Whiteness
Vol. 134 No. 7
In racially diverse metropolitan areas throughout the country, school district boundary lines create impermeable borders, separating affluent and predominantly white school districts from low-income,...
Private Property Managers, Unchecked: The Failures of Federal Compliance Oversight in Project-Based Section 8 Housing
Vol. 134 No. 5
Federally subsidized housing should be the foundation upon which much of our social safety net is built. It is supposed to be a core...
Turning Neighbors Into Nuisances
Vol. 134 No. 5
A reckoning for single-family zoning is underway. From Minnesota to California, cities and states are looking for ways to compel the densification of neighborhoods...
Oneida Nation v. Village of Hobart
Seventh Circuit Holds that Oneida Nation Remains Intact.
Vol. 134 No. 4
The Hagia Sophia Case
Turkey’s Highest Administrative Court Annuls Ataturk’s 1934 Decision Converting the Hagia Sophia into a Museum.
Vol. 134 No. 3
Judicial Takings, Judicial Federalism, and Jurisprudence: An Erie Problem
Vol. 134 No. 2
The Takings Clause protects against governmental takings of property without just compensation. Traditionally, takings claims have not expanded beyond actions performed by the political...