This course studies the process of imposing limitations (legal, political, economic, and social) upon the use and management of privately owned land by judicially crafted principles of waste and nuisance; by contract; through the use of easements, covenants, and servitudes; by zoning and subdivision regulation; and by environmental legislation. Simulated exercises of land development conflicts (e.g., the administrative processes of zoning deliberations before a zoning board) and role-playing will assist the students in developing competencies and skills particularly negotiation — when representing the full component of clients in a typical land-use conflict: the developer, private property owners, together with local, state, and federal administrative bodies. At the discretion of the instructor, this course requires a qualifying course paper that fulfills one half of the upper-level writing requirement. Refer to Academic Rule X — Writing Requirement and Directed Research.