New Book Chapter on "The Right to Use Private Property"

This article promotes a libertarian-inflected property rights framework centered on maximizing owners' use rights and limiting government regulation through constitutional takings doctrine. The framing privileges property owner interests over zoning regulations and housing policy concerns; it cites originalist constitutional theory and invokes Blackstone to argue for expansive property use rights.

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• This article does not address counterarguments from housing affordability advocates or zoning reformers who might support restrictions on use rights for different reasons than those the author contests
• This article does not discuss how expansive takings doctrine might affect public health, environmental, or safety regulations beyond brief mention of the police power exception
• This article does not address how strengthening use rights protections might affect renters, tenants, or communities subject to land-use restrictions