Christopher Serkin

Professor of Law

250 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 780-7999 |  Email  | CV
Areas of Expertise
Local Government Law
Property Law
Land Use
Eminent Domain
Education
B.A., Yale University
J.D., University of Michigan Law School

Articles

  • Public Entrenchment Through Private Law: Binding Local Governments, 78 University of Chicago Law Review 879 (2011)
    SSRN | Hein
  • Condemning the Decisions of the Past: Eminent Domain and Democratic Accountability, 38 Fordham Urban Law Journal 1175 (2011)
    Hein
  • Entrenching Environmentalism: Private Conservation Easements Over Public Land, 77 University of Chicago Law Review 341 (2010)
    SSRN | Hein
  • Existing Uses and the Limits of Land Use Regulation, 84 New York University Law Review 1222 (2009)
    SSRN | Hein | Web
  • Condemning Religion: The Political Economy of RLUIPA, 85 Notre Dame Law Review 1 (2009) (with Nelson Tebbe)
    SSRN | Hein
  • Inter-Local Externalities: Further Thoughts on Richard Brifffault’s “Extraterritoriality and Local Autonomy”, 86 Denver University Law Review 1329 (2009)
    Hein
  • Local Property Law: Adjusting the Scale of Property Protection, 107 Columbia Law Review 883 (2007)
    SSRN | Hein
  • Big Differences for Small Governments: Local Governments and the Takings Clause, 81 New York University Law Review 1624 (2006)
    SSRN | Hein
  • The Meaning of Value: Assessing Just Compensation for Regulatory Takings, 99 Northwestern University Law Review 677 (2005)
    SSRN | Hein
  • Public Ruses, 2004 Michigan State Law Review 859 (2004)(reprinted in 37 Land Use & Environmental Law Review 49 (2006) (with J.E. Krier)
    SSRN | Hein
  • Valuing Interest: Net Harm and Fair Market Value in Brown v. Legal Foundation of Washington, 37 Indiana Law Review 417 (2004)
    Hein
  • The Offense: Interpreting the Indictment Requirement in 21 U.S.C. §851, 98 Michigan Law Review 827 (1999)
    Hein
  • Revaluing Restitution: From the Talmud to Postsocialism, 97 Michigan Law Review 1385 (1999) (with M. Heller)
    SSRN | Hein

Books

  • Concepts & Insights: The Law of Property (Foundation Press, 2012)

Contributions to Books

  • Land Use – Regulation and Zoning, in 3 Encyclopedia of Sustainability: The Law and Politics of Sustainability (Berkshire 2011)
  • Local Property Law: Adjusting the Scale of Property Protection, in Zoning and Planning Law Handbook (Thomson West 2008)