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DW Rowlands
I have complicated feelings about this book. I fundamentally disagree with William A. Fischel's ethics and understanding of the point of regulation—unsurprising given he's apparently part of the "law and economics" movement—but it did seem like a very good and detailed summary of how the American land use regulation system works and how people who support Euclidian zoning justify it.

By the way, the fact that William A. Fischel essentially described environmental justice as paternalism and argued
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