Guidelines and Potential Topics for Optional
Paper
Paper Guidelines:
- Paper must be relevant
to land use / planning law, but students have broad discretion
at finding a subject
- The paper grade will be used in lieu of your lowest
exam score on Exams 1-3, but NOT for Exam 4. Students must take all exams
to be eligible for the optional paper. In other words,
if you miss an exam without prior approval you get a zero.
- Students must have prior approval of the topic from
Prof. Hooker. Submit a 1-page proposal containing thesis
statement, outline, and reference list (detailing how and
why you intend to use each reference)
- Length: 8 - 10 pages
- 1" margins; 12 point font; Times New
Roman font; double spaced
- Figures and tables (if any), and the list of references
(required) do NOT count towards page count
- Papers will be graded according to a high standard
(i.e., if you submit a paper of poor quality, you will receive
a poor grade, and vice versa); papers written in a hurry without adequate research
and without adequate revision will receive a very poor or failing grade
- Submit your paper
via e-mail to Prof. Hooker no later than Monday, April 21 by 9:00am
- Students suspected of plagiarism (including inadequate
citation to other’s work) will be dealt with via the
University of Illinois Honor Code.
- Help in polishing your paper is available from
the University of Illinois’ Writers’ Workshop
(http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/). We
highly recommend you consult with the tutors at the Writers’ Workshop
to help polish your writing.
Honor Code
The University of Illinois Honor Code
states: “It is the
responsibility of the student to refrain from infractions of academic
integrity, from conduct that may lead to suspicion of such infractions,
and from conduct that aids others in such infractions.” Note
that you are subject to the Honor Code, as well as procedures for
addressing violations to the Code, regardless of whether you have
read it and understand it. According to the Code, “ignorance
is no excuse.” To meet this standard in
this course, properly cite all ideas (as well as data or other
information) that are not your own in your written work. Remember
that ideas that require citation may not have been published or
written down anywhere. While you are encouraged to discuss
the assigned reading, exam questions, and strategic assessment
assignment with your peers, all of your analysis and writing
must be your own.
Potential Topics ("The legal implications of…):
- Comprehensive planning
- Governments use of its police powers with respect
to planning / land use controls
- Zoning (e.g., types of zoning, exclusionary / inclusionary
zoning)
- Provision of affordable housing
- Housing as a legal right
- Use of government's eminent domain / compulsory
purchase for economic development.
- Subdivision regulations
- Planned unit developments (PUDs)
- Smart growth / growth management
- Development boundaries
- Exactions
- Building / housing codes for infill redevelopment
- Aesthetic regulations for redevelopment
- Historic preservation
- Agricultural land preservation
- Drainage law
- Key players in legal / public debate:
- Role of private property rights
groups (e.g., Institute for Justice)
- Role of planning organizations
(e.g., APA, ICMA)
- Role of key governmental
organizations w/ planning (e.g., IEPA, IDNR, USEPA, HUD, etc.)
- Form-based zoning codes (primarily
associated with New Urbanism)
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