Nuisance, and Covenants, and Zoning, Oh My!

Abstract

Professor Shelley Ross Saxer reviews Maureen E. Brady's "Turning Neighbors Into Nuisances," 134 Harv. L. Rev. 1609 (2021), which she identifies as one of the best works of recent scholarship relating to property law. Professor Saxer recommends Professor’s Brady’s historical dive into the nuisance covenants that gradually led to zoning regulation and the specification of permitted uses to avoid unwanted uses in advance of any harm and without the need to consult the common law of nuisance.

Keywords: Maureen Brady, nuisance, covenants, property law