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Real Estate/Development

Oct. 29, 2010

Why Isn't the Government Taking Its Own Good Advice?

Discipline of land-use regulators who abuse the rights of property owners should begin on U.S. soil before venturing abroad. By Gideon Kanner of Loyola Law School.

By Gideon Kanner

The title of this article was inspired by George Mason University Professor Steven Eagle's article, "Private Property, Development & Freedom: On Taking Our Own Advice," 59 S.M.U. L. Rev. 345 (2006). It took note of our efforts to influence Russia, as it was emerging from the wreckage of the collapsed Soviet Union, to encourage protection of private property rights as indispensable to enjoyment of personal liberty....

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