Spotlight: Authors Robert Thomas and Ilya Somin Share Their Experiences Publishing with FULJ

Our most recent scholarship, Volume 47.3, discusses the Supreme Court’s decision in Knick v. Township of Scott and its impact on takings jurisprudence and the role of Stare Decisis. Recently, two of our outstanding authors, Robert Thomas and Ilya Somin, blogged further insights about the case, Fordham Urban Law Journal’s symposium, and the publication process they experienced. We thank Robert and Ilya for their kind words. We also thank all of our authors for their dedication to legal scholarship and their continued, tireless commitment to urban justice, even during these difficult times.

Check out full versions of Robert Thomas’s Blog and Article

“PS – if you ever consider publishing a piece about municipal and urban law, please give strong consideration to the Fordham Urban Law Journal. Normally, I would not plug “the competition” (I am the editor-in-chief of The Urban Lawyer, the law journal of the ABA’s State and Local Government Law Section, which covers some of the same territory). But the Fordham staff made the submission and editing process very easy, and moved forward even after the coronavirus thing threw everyone for a loop. They are located in NYC the epicenter of the crisis, but kept the publication train moving. I am thankful for their efforts.”

Check out full versions of Ilya Somin’s Blog and Article:

“The Fordham Urban Law Journal has published a symposium on Knick v. Township of Scott, an important Supreme Court decision issued last year, which overruled a longstanding precedent that prevented nearly all takings claims against state and local governments from being brought in federal court. The symposium includes contributions by Laura Beaton and Matthew Zinn (who filed an amicus brief supporting the government on behalf of several state and local governments), David Dana (Northwestern University), Dwight Merriam (prominent attorney and commentator on takings law), and Robert Thomas (well-known takings expert and author of the Inverse Condemnation blog). Thomas has a post on the symposium at his blog.

The symposium also includes an article  that I coauthored with Prof. Shelley Ross Saxer (Pepperdine), which addresses the question of whether the Knick majority was justified in overturning the 1985 Williamson County decision from the standpoint of a variety of leading theories of stare decisis.”
. . .
“Finally, I am happy to second Robert Thomas’ praise of the editors of the Fordham Urban Law Journal, who did an excellent job of putting together a balanced symposium, and seeing it through to publication, despite the onset of the coronavirus crisis.”