The Health Law Prof Blog extends a warm welcome to our guest blogger for January, Professor Jeff Hammond. Here is his short bio:Jeff Hammond is an Associate Professor of Law at Faulkner University’s Thomas Goode Jones School of
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Congrats and blog farewell to Chad Emerson
I've been on travel the past couple of weeks, which gave me an excuse to put off doing something I haven't wanted to do: to tell you all that Chad Emerson will be leaving the Land Use Prof Blog. The…
Introducing Adam MacLeod
It’s my great pleasure to introduce Prof. Adam MacLeod as our newest guest-blogger. Adam is on the faculty of the Faulkner University Jones School of Law in Montgomery, Alabama. He teaches courses in property, IP, and law & public policy.…
Fraudster gets 355 yearslessthan federal prosecutors sought…
Main July 1, 2011Fraudster gets 355 years less than federal prosecutors sought…but still gets what amounts to an virtually an effective life sentences, as detailed in this Bloomberg report headined “Ex-Taylor Bean Chairman Farkas Gets 30 Years for $3 Billion…
Alabama Senate Post-20-Week Abortion Ban
Annitston Star: Senate passes ban on abortions after 20 weeks, by Tim Lockette:MONTGOMERY — On the final day of the legislative session, the Alabama State Senate passed a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks. Senators voted 26-5 to…
Census Data Tool…
Since land development is closely tied to population growth and placement, the most recent census data provides all types of new information for retail, residential, and other land development studies. This interactive tool provides a good starting point related to…
Urban Ag…
Here in Montgomery, Ala we've begun a strong move toward implementing an urban agriculture program with the soon to open Hampstead Institute Downtown Farm.A myriad of regulatory issues seem to inhibit urban ag. Fortunately, we had a strong municipal buy-in…
City Design Studio…
Here in Montgomery, we are in the process of creating a municipal design and development studio that will provide municipal planning and design services for local development.Dallas, Texas has one of the country's most-cited examples of this type effort. It…
Groves Award Nominations…
As I mentioned before, Ken Groves, Montgomery's former planning director (a close friend to many of us and a visionary leader), passed away last fall after a brief illness.The Congress for the New Urbanism and the Transect Codes Council is…
The Passing of Ken Groves…
Sorry about the recent dearth of posts. Here in Montgomery, we recently lost our visionary planning director Ken Groves after a short battle with cancer and its been a trying time. Here is an article that discusses the great planning…