PUBLICATIONS
Books, articles, chapters, & shorter works.
Zoning by a Thousand Cuts, 50 Pepperdine Law Review, forthcoming 2023 Sara Bronin’s interdisciplinary research in the areas of property, land use, historic preservation, and energy law focuses on how law and policy can foster more equitable, sustainable, well-designed, and connected places. A list of her scholarly works appears below. For her op/eds, click here.
- Restatement (Fourth) of Property (American Law Institute) (with Henry E. Smith et al.) 2015-
- Rathkopf’s The Law of Zoning and Planning (West Publishing (with Dwight H. Merriam) 2014-
- Land Use Regulation (Foundation Press) (with Stewart Sterk & Eduardo Peñalver) 2d ed 2016, 3d ed 2020
- Historic Preservation Law (Foundation Press) (with J. Peter Byrne) 1st ed 2012, 2d ed 2021
- Historic Preservation Law in a Nutshell (West Publishing) (with Ryan M. Rowberry) 1st ed 2014, 2d ed 2018
ARTICLES & SCHOLARLY ESSAYS
- Regulating History, 108 Minnesota L. Rev., forthcoming 2023
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Zoning by a Thousand Cuts, 50 Pepperdine Law Review, forthcoming 2023
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Bringing Zoning into Focus: A Fine-Grained Analysis of Zoning’s Relationships to Housing Affordability, Income Distributions, and Segregation in Connecticut, Urban Institute Research Series (with Yonah Freemark & Lydia Lo), 2023
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Automating Zoning Data Collection: Results from a Pilot Effort to Automate National Zoning Atlas Methodologies, Urban Institute Research Series (with Judah Axelrod & Lydia Lo), 2023
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Land Grab: The Untold Story of Fort Brown, Latino Book Review, 2022
- Integrity as a Legal Concept, Change Over Time: An International Journal of Conservation and the Built Environment, 2022
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Rewriting Our Nation’s Deadly Traffic Manual, Harvard Law Review Forum, 2021
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Rules of the Road: The Struggle for Safety and the Unmet Promise of Federalism, 106 Iowa Law Review 2021
- Law’s Disaster: Heritage at Risk, 46 Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 489, 2021
- Zoning for Families, 95 Indiana Law Journal 1, 2020
- Comprehensive Rezonings, 2019 BYU Law Review 725, 2020
- What the Pandemic Can Teach Climate Attorneys, 72 Stanford Law Review Online 2020
- Energy in the Ecopolis, 45 Environmental Law Reporter 10514, 2015
- Community-Scale Renewable Energy, 4 San Diego Journal of Climate Change and Energy Law 165 (with Hannah J. Wiseman) 2013
- Building-Related Renewable Energy and 360 State Street, 64 Vanderbilt Law Review 1875, 2012
- Solar Rights for Texas Property Owners, 89 Texas Law Review See Also 79, 2011
- Curbing Energy Sprawl with Microgrids, 43 Connecticut Law Review 547, 2010
- Modern Lights, 80 University of Colorado Law Review 881, 2009
- Solar Rights, 89 Boston University Law Review 1217, 2009
- The Quiet Revolution Revived: Sustainable Design, Land Use Regulation, and the States, 93 Minnesota Law Review 231, 2008
- Wrestling with MUDs to Pin Down the Truth about Special Districts, 75 Fordham Law Review 3041, 2007
- Beyond Worship: The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 and Religious Institutions’ Auxiliary Uses, 24 Yale Law & Policy Review 207, 2006
- Rehabilitating Rehab through State Building Codes, 115 Yale Law Journal 1744, 2006
- “Gone Too Far”: Oregon’s Measure 37 and the Perils of Over-Regulating Land Use, 23 Yale Law & Policy Review 587, 2005
CHAPTERS
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Research Directions for Historic Preservation Law, A Research Agenda for Land Use and Planning Law (Edward Elgar Publishing; Sarah Schindler and John Infranca, eds.) forthcoming 2023
- Land Use and Transportation Policies Addressing Climate Change, Global Climate Change and U.S. Law (American Bar Association Press; Michael Gerrard, Jody Freeman, and Michael Burger, eds.) 3d ed. 2023
- Heritage-Related Disaster Policy in the United States, The Cambridge Handbook of Disaster Law: Risk, Recovery, and Redevelopment (Cambridge University Press; John Travis Marshall, Susan Kuo, and Ryan M. Rowberry, ed.) 2022
- Adapting National Preservation Standards to Climate Change, Toward Sustainability and Equity: Envisioning Preservation Policy Reform (Columbia University Press; Erica Avrami, ed.) 2021
- Historic Preservation Issues in Real Estate Development, Environmental Aspects of Real Estate and Commercial Transactions, 5th ed.(American Bar Association Press; Kevin R. Murray, ed.) 2021
- The Promise and Perils of Renewable Energy on Tribal Lands, Tribes, Land and the Environment (Routledge; Sarah Krakoff and Ezra Rosser, eds.) 2012
- National Report – United States, Architectural Heritage, Sites, and Landscapes Seized by Urban Law (Bruylant Press; David Renders et al., eds.) 2019
- Solar Rights in the United States, Delivering Energy Policy in the EU and US: A Multi-Disciplinary Reader (Edinburgh University Press; Raphael Heffron and Gavin Little, eds.) 2016
SHORT REVIEWS & PROFESSIONAL WORKS
- The Long Shadow of Statue Statutes (reviewing Deborah Gerhardt article), JOTWELL 2023
- Where the Sidewalk Begins (reviewing Vanessa Casado Perez article), JOTWELL 2022
- The Environmental Case for Zoning Reform, Desegregate Connecticut (with various co-authors) 2022
- An Invitation to Collaborate on a National Zoning Atlas, Proceedings from Bringing Digitalization Home: How Can Technology Address Housing Challenges? (David Luberoff, ed.), 2022
- Small Lots in Smart Places: A Right-Sized Solution for CT, Desegregate Connecticut (with Kathryn Blanco et al.) 2022
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Get on Board for Equitable Transit-Oriented Communities, Desegregate Connecticut (with Kathryn Blanco et al.) 2021
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How Uncoordinated Land Use and Transportation Laws Thwart Climate Response, State & Local Government Law Blog 2021
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Be the Change Playbook for Land Use Advocates; Be the Change Playbook for Candidates; Be the Change Playbook for Commissioners, Desegregate Connecticut (with various co-authors) 2021
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Houston: Still Zoning’s Last Frontier?, State & Local Government Law Blog 2021
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Thinking Big in Thinking Small: Are Tiny Homes the Solution to Our Housing Crisis? (reviewing Lisa B. Alexander article), JOTWELL 2021
- Architects Can Find an Opportunity in Zoning Reform, Architype Magazine 2021
- A Case for Better Street Design, Planning Magazine 2021
- Historic and Green in Connecticut, National Trust for Historic Preservation Leadership Forum 2020
- Rethinking Parking Minimums, Planning Magazine 2018
- Who Owns Lebanon’s Town Green?, Connecticut Explored 2018
- Rezoning the Post-Industrial City: Hartford, American Bar Association Property & Probate 2017
- Using Urban Agriculture to Grow Southern New England, Connecticut Planning (with Laurie Beyranevand et al.) 2015
- Peaceful Coexistence: Independent Microgrids are Coming. Will Franchised Utilities Fight Them or Foster Them?, Public Utilities Fortnightly (with Paul McCary) 2013
- New Haven’s Elm City Market: Coop Expands Access to Fresh Food, Communities & Banking 2011