Fordham Urban Law Journal articles from April 2002

Fordham Urban Law Journal archives from April 2002

The census as a call to action.
April 1, 2002... With the release of the first figures from the 2000 census, we are on the verge of knowing more about where Americans are living these days. But we are also on the verge of misinterpreting why they are living where they are. It is clear that...

A minority-majority nation: racing the population in the twenty-first century.
April 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION The media has devoted considerable attention to recent Census projections that predict a minority-majority nation by 2060. (1) Such projections presume that racial and ethnic categories will remain stable in the twenty-first...

City life and new urbanism.
April 1, 2002... I. URBANISM AND CIVILITY Imagine places of civility in which people with nothing in common share the public realm. That's urbanism. As described by Richard Sennet in The Uses of Disorder, these places enable us to come into contact with...

Eras.(city planning charges in California)
April 1, 2002... Most seven or eight year olds have only a dim memory of being two and a half. For them, the period five years before lies across an unbridgeable gulf of history, lost in the mists of time. If one happens to have been born in late 1939, the...

Making the good easy: the smart code alternative.(zoning law)
April 1, 2002... It is legally difficult to build good urban places in the United States. The vast majority of conventional zoning codes prohibit the replication of our best examples of urbanism--places like Nantucket, Williamsburg, or even "Main Street U.S.A."...

First suburbs in the Northeast and Midwest: assets, challenges, and opportunities.
April 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION The dominant trend in metropolitan America today is the decentralization of people and jobs. This trend is evidenced by an exploding exurban fringe, coupled with slow or no growth in the urban core. The trend is mostly evident...

Maryland's Smart Growth initiative: the next steps.
April 1, 2002... In 1997, the State of Maryland ignited a national movement to improve land use and development decisions throughout the United States. This modest effort started with the passage of a series of new laws called the Smart Growth and Neighborhood...

Florida's downtowns: the key to smart growth, urban revitalization, and green space preservation.
April 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION "You have got to build what people want to buy," explains Ted Krusen, whose family owns hundreds of acres of open pastureland in Zephyrhills, Florida, a small community north of Tampa. (1) Using 200 acres of agricultural land,...

Smart growth and sustainable transportation: can we get there from here?
April 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION As the U.S. Supreme Court has observed, "[D]riving an automobile [is] a virtual necessity for most Americans." (1) Transportation and land use laws and policies have played a primary role in creating this dependence on motor...

The CRA implications of predatory lending.(Community Reinvestment Act)
April 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION Traditionally, policymakers, communities, and industry have regarded the Community Reinvestment Act ("CRA") (1) as a positive mandate for banks and thrifts (2) to do good by increasing investment in low- and moderate-income...

The Community Reinvestment Act and the economics of regulatory policy.
April 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION The Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (1) ("CRA") represents an attempt to shape the economic and social condition of communities by altering the economic policies of depository institutions. The CRA was passed to discourage...

Mainstreaming community development: business strategies as radical approaches to community representation.(Philadelphia Community Development Credit Union)
April 1, 2002... This article is based on a case study of a Philadelphia Community Development Credit Union ("CDCU"). It argues that law school clinics are sites for change in the practice of community development. This article analyzes my community development...

Extremely motivated: the Republican Party's march to the right.
April 1, 2002... I. STILL A ROCK PARTY In the 2000 film The Contender, Senator Lane Hanson, portrayed by Joan Allen, explains what catalyzed her switch from the Grand Old Party ("GOP") to the Democratic side of the aisle. During her dramatic Senate...

Trying to fit an oval shaped island into a square constitution: arguments for Puerto Rican statehood.
April 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION The presidential election between Albert Gore and George W. Bush in 2000 provided an interesting lesson on voting in America. The closeness of the race (1) highlighted the importance of the right to vote and gave some truth to...

September 11, 2001: the Constitution during crisis; a new perspective.
April 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION At 8:48 a.m. on September 11, 2001, the first of two hijacked planes crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. By 10:28 a.m., the worst attack on American soil had ended, but the nation had not...