Michael Allan Wolf

University of Florida Levin College of Law

Richard E. Nelson Chair in Local Government Law and Professor

P.O. Box 117625

Gainesville, FL 32611-7625

United States

http://www.law.ufl.edu/faculty/wolf/

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1.

A Reign of Error: Property Rights and Stare Decisis

99 Wash. U. L. Rev. 449 (2021), University of Florida Levin College of Law Research Paper No. 22-14
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 18 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2022
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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Supreme Court, constitutional law, constitutional history, legal history, property rights, zoning, land use, property

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COVID-19 Pandemic and Real Property Law: An Early Assessment of Relief Measures for Tenants and Residential Mortgagors

Powell on Real Property, 2020
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 09 Jun 2020
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Downloads 321 (173,582)

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COVID-19, eviction, foreclosure, landlord-tenant, mortgages, moratoria

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Strategies for Making Sea-Level Rise Adaptation Tools 'Takings-Proof'

28 Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law 157, Vol. 28, No. 2, Spring 2013
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2015
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Downloads 209 (266,043)
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Sea-level rise, SLR, environment, climate change, regulatory takings, eminent domain

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Planning and Law: Shaping the Legal Environment of Land Development and Preservation

Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 10419-10431, 2010, University of Florida Levin College of Law Research Paper No. 2010-16
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 18 May 2010
Charles M. Haar and Michael Allan Wolf
Harvard Law School and University of Florida Levin College of Law
Downloads 202 (274,477)

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planning, land use, zoning, environmental protection

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A Yellow Light for 'Green Zoning': Some Words of Caution About Incorporating Green Building Standards into Local Land Use Law

The Urban Lawyer, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 949-975, 2011
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 07 Feb 2012
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Downloads 160 (337,160)

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green building, environmental law, local government law, land use planning, zoning

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The Supreme Court and the Environment: The Reluctant Protector

Michael Allan Wolf, THE SUPREME COURT AND THE ENVIRONMENT: THE RELUCTANT PROTECTOR, CQ Press/Sage, 2012
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 02 Dec 2011
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Downloads 133 (391,131)

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environmental law, land use planning, constitutional history, supreme court, environmental history, legal history

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Right Environmentalism: Repurposing Conservative Constitutionalism

Arizona State Law Journal, Vol. 50, No. 2, 2018, University of Florida Levin College of Law Research Paper No. 18-16
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2018
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Downloads 119 (425,559)

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constitutional, environmental, climate change, federalism, textualism, originalism, Brandeis Brief

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A Common Law of Zoning

61 Arizona Law Review 771 (2019), University of Florida Levin College of Law Research Paper No. 19-36
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 25 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2019
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Downloads 109 (454,440)

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zoning, land use, legal history, common law, planning

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The Brooding Omnipresence of Regulatory Takings: Urban Origins and Effects

Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. XL, 2013
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 15 Nov 2013
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Downloads 90 (516,890)

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takings, regulatory takings, urban law, private property rights

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Hysteria Versus History: Public Use in the Public Eye

PRIVATE PROPERTY, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND EMINENT DOMAIN, Robin Paul Malloy, ed., Ashgate Publishing, 2008
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 06 Jul 2010
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Downloads 88 (524,182)

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Kelo, public use, eminent domain, Supreme Court, takings

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Zoning Reformed

70 U. Kan. L. Rev. 171 (2021)
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 15 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2022
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Downloads 87 (527,862)

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Zoning, land use, COVID-19, affordable housing, property rights, climate change, systemic racism, planning

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William Faulkner, Legal Commentator: Humanity and Endurance in Hollywood's Yoknapatawpha

Mississippi Law Journal, Vol. 77, pp. 957-76, 2008
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 15 May 2010
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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Faulkner, law and literature, law and film, racism

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Yes, Thankfully, Euclid Lives

Fordham Law Review Vol. 73, pp. 771-787, 2004
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 16 May 2010
Charles M. Haar and Michael Allan Wolf
Harvard Law School and University of Florida Levin College of Law
Downloads 74 (580,604)

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Regulatory Takings, Euclid v. Ambler, Zoning, Progressivism, Zoning, Planning

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Taking Regulatory Takings Personally: The Perils of (Mis)Reasoning by Analogy

Alabama Law Review, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 1355-1379, 2000
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 15 May 2010
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Downloads 74 (580,604)

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regulatory taking, personal property, real property

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U.S. Supreme Court Decisions, Both Decided May 25, 2023, Protect Private Property Owners from Overreach by Local (Tax Sale) and Federal (Wetlands) Regulators: Tyler v. Hennepin County and Sackett v. EPA

Powell on Real Property, 2023
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 23 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2023
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Downloads 66 (617,383)

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Property, Property Rights, Tax Sales, Property Tax, Wetlands, Supreme Court, Environmental Law, Clean Water Act, Takings, Excessive Fines

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Supreme Court Roadblocks to Responsive Coastal Management in the Wake of Lucas

Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Journal, Vol. 53, No. 1, 2018, University of Florida Levin College of Law Research Paper No. 19-5
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 14 Sep 2018
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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climate change, coastal zone, takings, sealevel rise

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Conservation Easements and the 'Term Creep' Problem

Utah Law Review, No. 3, 2013, Utah Environmental Law Review, Vol. 33, 2013
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 22 Feb 2014
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Downloads 63 (632,398)

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conservation easements, easements, real property, servitudes, covenants

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Superfluous Judicial Activism: The Takings Gloss

91 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 287 (2023), University of Florida Levin College of Law Research Paper No. 23-10
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 15 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2023
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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Takings Clause, judicial gloss, private property, injunctive relief, takings cases, climate change restrictions, COVID-19 restrictions, COVID-19 regulations, land use regulations, affordable housing, property, eminent domain

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Looking Backward: Richard Epstein Ponders the 'Progressive Peril'

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 105, pp. 1233-1253, 2007
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 17 May 2010
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Downloads 55 (675,336)

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Constitutional History, Progressivism, Richard Epstein, Supreme Court

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Between Jacob(s) and Moses: Ed Logue, Urban Redevelopment Lawyer

29 J. of Affordable Hous. & Cmty. Dev. L. 381 (2021), University of Florida Levin College of Law Research Paper No. 21-25
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 29 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2021
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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affordable housing, urban development, community development, urban renewal, history

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Supreme Guidance for Wet Growth: Lessons from the High Court on the Powers and Responsibilities of Local Governments

Chapman Law Review, Vol. 9, pp. 233-264, 2006
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 May 2010
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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water law, planning, supreme court, local government

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Check State: Avoiding Preemption by Using Incentives

36 J. Land Use & Envtl. L. 121 (2020), University of Florida Levin College of Law Research Paper No. 22-5
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 15 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 05 Jan 2022
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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preemption, environmental law, local government, state government, plastic bags, sustainability

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A Respectful Rejoinder to Two Zoning Legends

71 Kansas Law Review 305 (2022)
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 05 Jul 2023
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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zoning, property law, land use planning

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Fever Check: A Status Report on Judicial Treatment of COVID-19-Related Real Property Issues

58 Real Property, Trust and Estate Journal 47 (2023)
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 11 Jul 2023
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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Property, COVID-19, pandemic, real property, landlord/tenant, force majeure, constitutional law, takings, contract clause, U.S. Supreme Court

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Dan Mandelker: Valued Treatise Partner

The Urban Lawyer, Volume 52, No. 2, pp. 323-327
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 12 Dec 2023
Michael Allan Wolf
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Downloads 9 (1,048,871)

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Law treatises, land use, environmental law