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Lynda Butler

Chancellor Professor of Law and Director, William and Mary Property Rights Project

Degrees: J.D., Virginia; B.S., William & Mary
Email: [[llbutl]]
Office phone: (757) 221-3843
Office location: Room 242

Areas of Specialization

Constitutional Law--Eminent Domain (Takings); Environmental Law; Land Use and Zoning; Natural Resources Law; Property Law

Teaching in Academic Year 2013-2014

Special Topics in Environmental Law Seminar: Climate Change; Special Topics in Environmental Law Seminar: Climate Change

Representative Professional Activities and Achievements

Practiced law in Washington, D.C. and was a visiting professor at Ohio State University.

Co-author of Virginia Tidal and Coastal Law and author of articles in the Southern California, Illinois, Brigham Young University and William and Mary law reviews, among others.

Vice Dean 2000-2007; Acting Dean 2007-2009. Member (ex officio) of the Board of Governor's of the Real Property Section of the Virginia State Bar. Faculty advisor to the William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review and past president of the College's Faculty Assembly.

Scholarly Publications

Books

Co-author, Virginia Tidal and Coastal Law (Michie Co. 1988) (with Margit Livingston).

Articles

The Pathology of Property Norms: Living Within Nature’s Boundaries, 73 S. Cal. L. Rev. 927 (2000).
The Politics of Takings: Choosing the Appropriate Decisionmaker, 38 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 749-824 (1997).
The Supreme Court's Heightened Review of Land Use Exactions, in Dolan v. City of Tigard, 15 The Fee Simple 22-24 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 1994).
Co-author, Covenants Not to Compete in the Real Property Context: An Update, 14 The Fee Simple 35-40 (Va. State Bar, May 1994) (with Matthew Klepper).
Private Land Use, Changing Public Values and Notions of Relativity, B.Y.U. L. Rev. 629-667 (1992).
Environmental Water Rights: An Evolving Concept of Public Property, 9 Va. Envtl. L.J. 323-380 (1990).
State Environmental Programs: A Study in Political Influence and Regulatory Failure, 31 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 823-933 (1990).
Defining a Water Ethic Through Comprehensive Reform: A Suggested Framework for Analysis, U. Ill. L. Rev. 439-480 (1986).
Allocating Consumptive Water Rights in a Riparian Jurisdiction: Defining the Relationship Between Public and Private Interests, 47 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 95-181 (1985).
Defining Public Consumptive Rights in Virginia’s Rivers, Streams, and Lakes: Is Legislative Reform Needed?, 11 Va. B. Assoc. J., Winter 1985, at 14-20.
Commentary on the Proceedings of the Water Rights Symposium, Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 767-793 (1983).
The Commons Concept: An Historical Concept with Modern Relevance, 23 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 835-935 (1982).
Property and Trusts and Estates Sections of the Virginia Survey of Law, 62 Va. L. Rev. 1469-1478, 1497-1505 (1976) (student work).

Book Chapters

Property Rights, in The Bill of Rights, The Courts and the Law, 303-334 (Va. Found. Human. & Pub. Pol'y 3d ed. 1999).
A Review and Update of the Law of Easements, in The Old, The New and the Necessary-Easements, LLC's and HUD Regs, at V-1 to V-52 (Va. CLE, Virginia Law Found. 1993).

Other

Co-editor, 31 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 2011) (with Stephen C. Gregory).
Co-editor, 31 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, November 2010) (97 pp.) (with Stephen C. Gregory).
Co-editor, 30 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 2010) (147 pp.) (with Courtland W. Traver).
Co-editor, 30 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, November 2009) (79 pp.) (with Courtland W. Traver).
Co-editor, 29 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 2009) (118 pp.) (with Courtland W. Traver).
Co-editor, 29 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, November 2008) (115 pp.) (with Courtland W. Traver).
Co-editor, 28 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 2008) (107 pp.) (with Courtland W. Traver).
Co-editor, 28 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, November 2007) (71 pp.) (with Courtland W. Traver).
Co-editor, 27 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 2007) (180 pp.) (with Courtland W. Traver).
Co-editor, 27 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 2006) (with Courtland W. Traver).
Co-editor, 26 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 2006) (150 pp.) (with Courtland W. Traver).
Co-editor, 26 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 2005) (66 pp.) (with Courtland W. Traver).
Co-editor, 25 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 2005) (135 pp.) (with Courtland W. Traver).
Co-editor, 25 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 2004) (77 pp.) (with Courtland W. Traver).
Co-editor, 24 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 2004) (273 pp.) (with Courtland W. Traver).
Co-editor, 24 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 2003) (114 pp.) (with Courtland W. Traver).
Co-editor, 23 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 2003) (187 pp.) (with Courtland W. Traver).
Co-editor, 23 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 2002) (96 pp.) (with Courtland W. Traver).
Co-editor, 22 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 2002) (179 pp.) (with Courtland W. Traver).
Editor, 22 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 2001) (79 pp.).
Editor, 21 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 2001) (135 pp.).
Book Review, 111 Ethics 407 (2001) (reviewing Daniel A. Farber, Eco-Pragmatism: Making Sensible Environmental Decisions in an Uncertain World (1999)).
Editor, 21 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 2000) (105 pp.).
Editor, 20 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 2000) (69 pp.).
Editor, 20 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 1999) (164 pp.).
Editor, 19 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 1999) (129 pp.).
Editor, 19 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 1998) (114 pp.).
Editor, 18 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 1998) (132 pp.).
Co-author, Coastal Ecosystem Science for Graduate Students in Law and Business: A Summary of Survey Results and Future Activities for Law Students (1998).
Co-author, Coastal Marine Science for Law and Business Students: Preparing Law and Business Professionals to Make "Informed Decisions" About Coastal Issues, 16 Int'l Conf. Coastal Soc'y 283-287 (1998).
Editor, 18 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 1997) (150 pp.).
Editor, 17 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 1997) (160 pp.).
Editor, 17 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 1996) (194 pp.).
Editor, 16 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 1996) (102 pp.).
Editor, 16 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 1995) (83 pp.).
Editor, 15 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 1995) (120 pp.).
Editor, 15 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 1994) (83 pp.).
Editor, 14 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 1994) (119 pp.).
Dolan v. City of Tigard: Land Use Exactions After Nollan v. California Coastal Commission, 14 The Fee Simple 57-59 (Va. State Bar, May 1994).
Editor, 14 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 1993) (105 pp.).
Editor, 13 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 1993) (146 pp.).
Editor, 13 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 1992) (89 pp.).
Editor, 12 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 1992) (96 pp.).
Barnhill v. Johnson and Payment by Check on the Eve of Bankruptcy: Implications for the Real Estate Attorney, 13 The Fee Simple 43-46 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 1992).
Editor, 12 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 1991) (99 pp.).
Editor, 11 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 1991) (49 pp.).
Editor, 11 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 1990) (74 pp.).
Editor, 10 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 1990) (77 pp.).
Co-editor, 10 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 1989) (53 pp.) (with asst. ed. G. Michael Pace).
Co-editor, 9 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 1989) (47 pp.) (with asst. ed. G. Michael Pace).
Real Estate Transactions and the Uniform Commercial Code: Methods of Indexing Financing Statements, 10 Real Prop. Sec. Newsl. 42-45 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 1989).
Pierson v. Post and the America's Cup Litigation, 10 Real Prop. Sec. Newsl. 10-11 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 1989).
Co-editor, 9 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 1988) (32 pp.) (with asst. ed. G. Michael Pace).
Co-editor, 8 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 1988) (38 pp.) (with asst. ed. G. Michael Pace).
Mullins v. Simmons: The Early Vesting Rule and the `Death Without Issue' Clause, 8 Real Prop. Sec. Newsl. 17-19 (Va. State Bar, May 1988).
Selected Recent Ethics Opinions, 8 Real Prop. Sec. Newsl. 36 (Va. State Bar, May 1988).
Co-editor, 8 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 1987) (29 pp.) (with asst. ed. Chuck Lollar).
Co-editor, 7 The Fee Simple, No. 2 (Va. State Bar, May 1987) (37 pp.) (with asst. ed. Chuck Lollar).
Lambert v. Barker and Lost Note Affidavits, 8 Real Prop. Sec. Newsl. 16 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 1987).
Priority Contests Involving Deeds of Trust After Hausman v. Hausman, 7 Real Prop. Sec. Newsl. 8-12 (Va. State Bar, May 1987).
Co-editor, 7 The Fee Simple, No. 1 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 1986) (28 pp.) (with William J. Creech, Jr.).
Co-editor, 6 The Fee Simple, No. 3 (Va. State Bar, May 1986) (19 pp.) (with asst. ed. Chuck Lollar).
New Tax Reporting Requirement for Closing Attorneys, 7 Real Prop. Sec. Newsl. 6 (Va. State Bar, Nov. 1986).
The Wet Settlement Act and the Problem of Delayed Disbursements, 6 Real Prop. Sec. Newsl. 13-17 (Va. State Bar, May 1986).

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