Resources - Legal Issues

• Andrews, Louis C.  Michigan Zoning Cases 1949 through 1986: Reviewed and Analyzed, Michigan Municipal League, 1987, 145 pages, paperback. (INT)
• Blaesser, Brian and Weinstein, Alan.  Land Use and the Constitution, APA Planners Press, 1989, 291 pages, paperback. (ADV)
• Blaesser, Brian.  Discretionary Land Use Controls:  Avoiding Invitations to Abuse of Discretion, Thomson/West, 2002, 457 pages, hardcover.* (ADV)
• Cameron, John G.  Michigan Real Property Law:  Principles and Commentary, 3rd Edition, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2006, 2 volumes, 2270 pages, hardcover. (ADV)
• Corwin, Charles D. and Schindler, Kurt.  “How to Take Minutes for Administrative Decisions,” Planning and Zoning News, January 2000, p. 5-9. (BAS)
• Crawford, Clan. Michigan Zoning and Planning, 3rd Edition, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2006, 560 pages, hardcover, annual updates available. (ADV)
• Down, Jack.  “Freedom, Property Rights, and Zoning,” Planning and Zoning News, July 1996, p. 8-10. (BAS)
• Duerksen, Christopher and Roddewig, Richard.  “An Introduction to Takings Law,” Planning Commissioners Journal, Issue 18, Spring 1995, 3 pages.* (BAS)
• Duerksen, Christopher and Roddewig, Richard.  Takings Law in Plain English, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1994, 48 pages, paperback.* (BAS)
• Fisher, Gerald.  “Maintaining the Equilibrium of Fairness by Transferring Development Rights,” Planning and Zoning News, March 2003, p. 6-13.* (INT)
• Freyfogle, Eric.  The Land We Share:  Private Property and the Common Good, Island Press, 2003, 335 pages, hardcover. (INT)
• Galvin, Joseph and Schindler, Kurt.  “How To Avoid Regulatory Takings,” Planning and Zoning News, November 2000, p. 13-16. (BAS)
• Gendell, Nancy, editor.  Michigan Laws Relating to Economic Development and Housing, MSU Department of Resource Development, 1991, 680 pages, paperback. (INT)
• Kelly, Eric Damian.  “The Takings Tree:  An Analytical Tool,” Planning and Zoning News, August 1998, p. 5-10. (INT)
• Kohler, Ellen, esq. and Grobbel, Christopher. What is a Taking? Exploring the Boundary between Public Interest and Private Property, Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council, 2004, (PDF)
• Mandelker, Daniel.  Land Use Law, 4th Edition, Lexis Law Publishing, 2003, 712 pages, hardcover. (ADV)
• Olson, James M.  “Calming the Storm of Regulatory Takings Law,” Planning and Zoning News, June 1996, p. 8-15. (INT)
• Powell, Richard and Rohan, Patrick.  Powell on Real Property, M. Bender, 1968, 1 volume, 128 pages, hardcover. (ADV)
• Rae, John, editor.  “Local Government Law and Practice in Michigan,” Michigan Municipal League, 1999, 2 volumes,     hardcover. (BAS)
• Roberts, Thomas, editor.  Taking Sides on Takings Issues,         American Bar Association, 2002, 600 pages, paperback. (INT)
• Rohan, Patrick and Kelly, Eric Damien.  Zoning and Land Use Controls, Lexis Law Publishing, 2002, 10 volumes, hardcover.* (ADV)
• Salkin, Patricia and Freilich, Robert.  Hot Topics in Land Use Law: From the Comprehensive Plan to Del Monte Dunes, American Bar Association, 1999, 223 pages, paperback. (ADV)
• Salkin, Patricia, editor.  Trends in Land Use Law from A to Z:  Adult Uses to Zoning, American Bar Association, 2001, 477 pages, hardcover. (ADV)
• Scales, James and Brown, James.  “Mobile Home Parks and Exclusionary Zoning:  A Framework for Analyzing Zoning Ordinances,” Planning and Zoning News, June 1994, p. 18-19. (INT)
• Struck, David.  “Township and County Use Variance Authority:  Uncertainty Persists,” Planning and Zoning News, May 2004, p. 7-12. (BAS)
• Treanor, William.  “The Original Understanding of the Takings Clause,” Planning and Zoning News, January 1999, p. 5-8.* (BAS)
• VerBurg, Kenneth, editor.  Michigan Laws Relating to Planning, MSU Department of Resource Development and College of Agricultural and Natural Resources, 1998, 703 pages, paperback. (INT)
• Young, Kenneth.  Anderson’s American Law of Zoning, 4th edition, Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1996, 5 volumes, hardcover.* (ADV)
• Ziegler, Edward.  Rathkopf’s Law of Zoning and Planning, 4th edition, Clark Boardman Callaghan, 2003, 5 Volumes,   hardcover.*   (ADV)
• Michigan Society of Planning’s “Community Planning Principles,” http://www.planningmi.org/resources/principles.htm.