Justice as fairness: A Rawlsian perspective in compensating regulatory land takings

• Main Author: TI, Edward
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: planning law; John Rawls; just competition; land regulation; planning theory; regulatory takings; Land Use Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3937; https://doi.org/10.1108/JPPEL-11-2021-0054
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to articulate the inherent unfairness in compensation outcomes between landowners whose land is physically taken versus those whose land is regulated. Using Rawlsian theory as the normative standard of “fairness as justice”, the paper argues that both physical a...