Comparative Land Use Law: Patterns of Sustainability

Urban Lawyer, Vol. 37, p. 807, 2005

46 Pages Posted: 24 Feb 2009

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John R. Nolon

Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Pace University

Date Written: 2005

Abstract

Land use scholars and practitioners in the United States trace the development of domestic land use law to 1916, when the City of New York adopted the nation's first comprehensive zoning law, and then on to 1926 when the U.S. Supreme Court declared zoning constitutional in Euclid v. Ambler Realty. Some have studied European influences stemming from late nineteenth century regulations and the urban design principles imported from the great cities of the era. Others know about the catastrophic London fire of 1666 and how it transformed society's understanding of why individual property rights, to some degree, must be subject to the greater public interest when common challenges are faced.

Suggested Citation

Nolon, John R., Comparative Land Use Law: Patterns of Sustainability (2005). Urban Lawyer, Vol. 37, p. 807, 2005, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1345453

John R. Nolon (Contact Author)

Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Pace University ( email )

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White Plains, NY 10603
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