Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2004
Publication Information
57 Stan. L. Rev. 1 (2004-2005)
Abstract
Over the past two decades, the broken windows hypothesis by George Kelling and James Q. Wilson has revolutionized thinking about urban policy. This now-familiar theory is that uncorrected manifestations of disorder, even minor ones like broken windows, signal a breakdown in the social order that accelerates neighborhood decline. The response to this theory has been a proliferation of policies focusing on public order. Largely missing from the academic debate about these developments is a discussion of the complex and important role of property regulation in order-maintenance efforts. This Article attempts to fill that property law gap in the public-order puzzle by tackling the complicated relationship between property regulation and order-restoration efforts. Order maintenance, broken windows, land use, zoning, public order, urban development
Recommended Citation
Nicole S. Garnett,
Ordering (and Order in) the City,
57 Stan. L. Rev. 1 (2004-2005).
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