Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

5-10-2014

SSRN Discipline

Economics Research Network; Legal Scholarship Network; Law & Society eJournals; Law & Society: Private Law eJournals; Law & Society: Public Law eJournals; Administrative Law eJournals; LSN Subject Matter eJournals; SRPN Subject Matter eJournals; Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence & Legal Philosophy eJournals; Financial Economics Network; Sustainability Research & Policy Network; Political Science Network

Abstract

This article examines the seminal 1992 United States Supreme Court decision Lucas v South Carolina Coastal Council specifically focusing on the Lucas nuisance exception I surveyed approximately 1600 regulatory takings cases decided since the Lucas decision involving Lucas takings challenges I identified the statutory nuisance cases in which state and local governments unsuccessfully asserted the Lucas nuisance exception as a defense to the courts' findings of a Lucas taking This article examines the prospective potential of these cases for assisting private property owners in enhancing private property rights protections within the area of regulatory takings

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