Law of Regulatory Takings

Farole examines the role of organized interest groups in rights litigation in state courts, analyzing factors affecting groups' willingness and ability to enter state litigation. Farole also investigates whether groups assert rights claims based on state constitutional law, as urged by proponents of the new judicial federalism.

This new annual review from Cato analyzes the 2001/2002 Supreme Court Term, specifically looking at the most important and far reaching cases of the year.

All solutions to environmental problems depend on the imposition of private, common, or public-property rights in natural resources. Who should own the resources: private individuals, private groups of "stakeholders", or the entire society (the public)? Contrary to much of the literature in this field, this book argues that no single property regime works best in all circumstances. Environmental protection requires the use of multiple property regimes--including admixtures of private, common, and public-property systems.