"The paper explains that the impact of the Extension Law is to maintain protection for a relatively few but lucrative works for an additional 20 years, and to necessitate often substantial efforts in clearing rights to utilize many mid-20th Century and older works. In the same context the paper...
In recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a number of important decisions favoring property owners in zoning and other land use battles with local governments. The Court's ruling would seem to allow government to do by regulation what it cannot do through eminent domain i.e., freeze the use...
Article deduces that the Supreme Court can disentangle the complexities that the circuits have woven in the area of substantive due process. The "property" issue is resolved in favor of a plaintiff, the second prong should be easier to satisfy than the Natale-type test. In other words, the violation should...