University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program

HP 205 Historic Preservation Law

Robert McCullough

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COURSE SYLLABUS
SPRING, 2009
MONDAY’S AND WEDNESDAY’S, 4:05 TO 5:20
Lafayette L100




INTRODUCTION: PERSPECTIVES ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

Class and Date                                    

1.  Monday, January 12th:                    Introduction and Library Tour

2.  Wednesday, January 14th                Documents 1 - 3b


PART 1 - FEDERAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION LAWS

Class and Date                       

3.  Monday, January 19th                   Martin Luther King Jr. Day – No Class

4.  Wednesday, January 21st              Documents 4 – 8
     Assignment No. 1 Due

5.  Monday, January 26th                   Documents 10 – 12
  
6.  Wednesday, January 28th              Documents 13 – 18

7.  Monday, February 2nd                  Documents 20 – 22 (Scan Doc. 20)

8.  Wednesday, February 4th              Documents 23 – 28
     Assignment No. 2 Due

9.  Monday, February 9th                   Documents 29 – 31 (Scan Doc. 29)
 
10. Wednesday, February 11th           Documents 32 – 36 (Scan Doc. 33 but master Section 4(f); also master Doc. 35, Section 771.135)

11.  Monday, February 16th               President’s Day – No Class

12.  Wednesday, February 18th          Documents 37 – 42 (Scan Doc. 38 and Doc. 39)

13.  Monday, February 23rd               Documents 43 – 50 (Scan Doc. 49)
       Assignment No. 3 Due           


PART 2 - STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION LAWS

Class and Date                        

14.  Wednesday, February 25th          Documents 51 – 52 (Scan Doc. 52)

15.  Monday, March 2nd                    Documents 53 – 55
       7:00 P.M., Wheeler House:         Voluntary Review Session
                               
16. Wednesday, March 4th                 Mid-Term Examination


PART 3 - LOCAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION LAWS

Class and Date                       

17.  Monday, March 9th                    Spring Recess – No Class

18.  Wednesday, March 11th             Spring Recess – No Class

19.  Monday, March 16th                  Documents 57 – 61

20. Wednesday, March 18th              Documents 62 – 64 (Scan Doc. 63 and Doc. 64

21. Monday, March 23rd                   Preservation Commission Hearing (Assignment No. 4)


PART 4 - CONFLICT: TAKINGS, DUE PROCESS, RELIGIOUS PROPERTIES, AUTHORITY, AND SPECIAL PROBLEMS

Class and Date                        

22. Wednesday, March 25th             Documents 65 – 67

23. Monday, March 30th                  Documents 68 – 72

24. Wednesday, April 1st                 Documents 73 – 75
                   
25. Monday, April 6th                      Documents 76 – 79


PART 5 - PERIPHERY: REAL PROPERTY LAW, ECONOMIC AND TAX INCENTIVES, HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES

Class and Date                                

26. Wednesday, April 8th                 Documents 80 – 84

27. Monday, April 13th                    Documents 85 – 88b

28. Wednesday, April 15th               Document 89

29. Monday, April 20th                    Documents 90 – 95

30. Wednesday, April 22nd              Documents 96 – 99 (Scan Doc. 96)
   
31. Monday, April 27th                    Design Review Committee Hearing   
                               
32. Wednesday, April 29th               Review                                   

33. Thursday, May 7th:                      Final Examination
                                                           3:30 P.M. to 6:30 P.M.
                                                           Lafayette L100 




READINGS:  (1) Edited volume of course materials;

SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS:  John Costonis, Icons and Aliens. Law, Aesthetics, and Environmental Change.  Urbana, Ill.: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1989.  A copy has been placed on reserve at Bailey Howe Library