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Legal Aspects of Property and Land Use OpenCourseWare: A Free Graduate Study Course by MIT on Property and Land-Use Laws

Published Jan 15, 2009

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Learn about key legal issues that come with property and land use in American law. 'Legal Aspects of Property and Land Use,' offered in OpenCourseWare format by MIT, focuses on the policy implications of rules, practices and doctrines associated with property and land-use law in America, while offering a comparison to non-Western countries, such as India and South Africa. This course material is recommended for students interested in Urban Studies and could help them get a comprehensive understanding of national and international property and land-use law.

Legal Aspects of Property and Land Use: Course Specifics

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Legal Aspects of Property and Land Use: Course Description

The rules that regulate property are some of the most important to Americans and many other peoples, such as rules that promote and restrict zoning and development, environmental policy and international development. This OpenCourseWare from MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning will observe the social relationships between individuals, communities and others affected by the multiple strands of property law. Delve into the extensive reading list to learn how legal decision-makers base justifications through culture, gender, race and democratic conceptions. Consider the meaning of how law defines property and examine the many legal doctrines that qualify property as fair access and fair use. Discover doctrines that protect and limit zoning, the relationship between sovereignty and private property and the public interest restrictions over land use in the commercial and residential sectors. Learn about current trends in comparative property and land-use law in South Africa and India from these readings recommended by Professor Balakrishnan Rajagopal. The course also covers international policy that impacts how some developing countries regulate property and land use.

Detailed reading lists are available for free online with this OpenCourseWare. If you are interested in this free course information, visit the property and land use course page.

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