Regulatory Takings: Law, Economics, and Politics

by William A. Fischel

Are rent controls and zoning regulations unconstitutional? Should the Supreme Court strike down the Endangered Species Act when its administration interferes with the use of private property? These questions are currently debated under the doctrine of regulatory takings, and William Fischel's book offers a new perspective on the issue.

Regulatory Takings argues that the issue is not so much about the details of property law as it...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674753887
• ISBN13: 9780674753884
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Excellent, and more readable than Book List suggests.

Fischel is an economist, and a member of his local zoning board. He also writes smoothly, unlike an economist, and knows a lot of stories. He has done original research into some of the celebrated cases of property and takings, and provides information and analysis that cannot be found anywhere else in the genre. His scope is limited to land use issues. He does not take up wetlands, endangered species, or the fights over the public lands of the West. On the land use issues, though, his analysis is supurb. I regard this book as indispensable for anyone seriously interested in the current controversies over property rights. -- James V. DeLong is the author of PROPERTY MATTERS: HOW PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE UNDER ASSAULT - AND WHY YOU SHOULD CARE, published by the Free Press in March 1997.