Faculty & Staff
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Michael
Allan Wolf Richard E. Nelson Chair in Local Government Law Box 117625 / Gainesville, FL 32611 e-mail: wolfm@law.ufl.edu 352.273.0934 / Fax: 352.392.3005 |
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Courses
- LAW 5400 - Property
(4 credits)
The acquisition and possession of real and personal property, estates in land, introduction to future interests, landlord and tenant, easements, licenses, constitutional takings, zoning, public access, and covenants and rights incident to land ownership.
Prerequisites: None. - LAW 6460—Land
Use Planning and Control (3 or 4 credits)
A study of the legal aspects of the allocation and development of land resources; private controls through covenants and easements; public regulation and control through zoning and subdivision regulation; social, economic and political implications of land regulations; eminent domain; selected current problems such as growth management, historic preservation, environmental regulations, and urban development.
Prerequisite: Property - LAW 5501 - Constitutional Law (4 credits)
Introduction to United States Constitutional Law. Topics include judicial enforcement of the Constitution to preserve individual liberties; judicial review; separation of powers; structure and powers of the federal government; and federalism.
Prerequisites: None. - LAW 6930 – Supreme Court and the Environment (2 credits)
This course will explore the U.S. Supreme Court's record of deciding environmental law cases, from early cases involving interstate nuisance disputes and the use of public lands through the burst of statutory activity in the 1970s, to current issues of climate change and energy exploration. Students will be exposed to a limited and interconnected universe of decisional law that addresses a surprisingly wide range of topics including statutory interpretation, constitutional law development, standing, administrative law, and the tension between the legislative and executive branches. - LAW 6531—Local
Government Law, Taxation & Finance (2 or 3 credits)
Examination of the substantive and procedural law of local governments, including organization, powers, procedure, personnel, and of financing sources, including state and local taxation, special assessments, user fees and borrowing.
Prerequisites: None. - LAW 6930—Advanced
Takings Law (2 or 3 credits)
Advanced Takings closely examines the property clauses of the Constitution and the hotly-contested issues of just compensation, takings, and due process. In recent years, the takings clause of the 5th amendment has become a significant conduit for challenges to environmental and land use regulations. This course examines the history and recent development of the Supreme Court's complex and convoluted doctrine in this area.
Prerequisites: None. - LAW 6936—Seminar:
The Fourteenth Amendment and the Incorporation of Fundamental
Rights (3 credits)
Prerequisites: None. - LAW 6471—Environmental
Law (3 or 4 credits)
Introduction to modern environmental regulation and its foundations, covering common law precursors to environmental law and a survey of major regulatory issues and techniques, focusing on the Clean Water Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, with examples drawn from other statutes such as the Clean Air Act.
Prerequisites: None.