Research correlating stringency in land-use regulation to low housing supply, high housing costs, and segregation relies on surveys of planners about...
Cities have been largely absent from the theory and legal doctrine of federalism, especially in the United States, where federalism is understood to...
Income inequality is a national preoccupation, and the public’s imagination is captured by the astronomical incomes of Valley tech billionaires and...
In the last few years, the Supreme Court has upended its doctrine of religious freedom under the First Amendment. The Court has explicitly rejected...
On Aug. 14, a Montana district court released a groundbreaking decision for climate change activists. In Held v. Montana, the court announced that...
This article discusses the links between climate and debt sustainability by focusing on how climate mitigation and adaptation are paid for, and who...
The 1968 Fair Housing Act required local government recipients of federal money to take meaningful actions to affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH...
Courts routinely use low cash bail as a financial incentive to ensure that released defendants appear in court and abstain from crime. This can create...
I’m writing about a book of mine that may be of interest to the election law community. The title is Public Law and Economics, my coauthor is Robert...
This law school casebook provides a detailed examination of secured transactions in personal property in both the commercial and consumer context. The...
The United States Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument on April 26 in Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota, a major property rights case...
Those Who Need the Most, Get the Least: The Challenge of, and Opportunity for Helping Rural Virginia
Rural America, as has been well documented, faces many challenges. Businesses and people are migrating to more urban and suburban regions. The...
The issue of state separation of powers generally is not one that the federal courts have had much occasion to address. Recent issues have arisen...
A key question in the academic and policy debates over the optimal architecture for sovereign debt has long been whether sovereigns should be given...
Observers of metropolitan dysfunction have long advocated for a regional tier of government that could (among other things) equalize spending across...