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The New Politics of New Property and the Takings Clause
(Vermont Law Review, 2017)
This Essay offers a broad gloss on the traditional politics of property protection and then catalogues a number of ways in which those politics have been changing. In many cases, the account is of fragmentation and
fracture ...
Insuring Takings Claims
(Northwestern University Law Review, 2016)
Local governments typically insure themselves against all kinds of losses, from property damage to legal liability. For small- and medium-sized governments, this usually means purchasing insurance from private insurers or ...
Passive Takings
(Michigan Law Review, 2014)
As conventionally understood, regulatory takings doctrine protects property owners from the most significant costs of legal transitions. Legal change has therefore always been central to regulatory takings claims. This ...
Condemning the Decisions of the Past
(Fordham Urban Law Journal, 2011)
This brief Essay, part of a Fordham Urban Law Journal Symposium on eminent domain in New York, argues that there is a seldom-recognized purpose to eminent domain: preserving the ability of elected representatives to respond ...
The Fiscal Illusion Zombie
(American University Law Review, 2017)
This is a Response to Bethany R. Berger's recent Article, The Illusion of Fiscal Illusion in Regulatory Takings. In that Article, Professor Berger argues against the view that governments should be forced to compensate ...