Dean Rand and Prof. Josh Fershee present at SEALS

Dean Kathryn Rand and Professor Josh Fershee presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools, in Hilton Head, SC, July 24 to 29.

Kathryn’s presentation on tribal Internet gaming was part of a discussion group on Gaming & Gambling Law Issues. Josh’s presentation was part of a panel on Land Use Law Part II: International and Local Interactions.

From the SEALS Website.

Gaming and Gambling Law and Issues

Gaming and gambling in the United States have undergone a great boom in recent decades. Most states have expanded legalized gaming, including casino-style games, racetracks, and lotteries. There has also been tremendous growth in Native American casinos and in online wagering. While gambling is now a significant, highly regulated industry, each state has its own laws regarding the regulation or prohibition of gambling. Accordingly, gaming law is made up of various areas of law related to gambling, including constitutional law, administrative law, tax law, contract law, labor law, and criminal law. This discussion group will be open to all aspects of gaming law as we explain and analyze the regulation of this still emerging field.

Land Use Law Part II: International and Local Interactions

This is the second of two roundtables exploring the evolving nature of land use law in the United States. Historically, land use regulation has been considered a matter of local governance. The federal government left land use to the states, and the states, in turn, empowered municipalities to enact zoning laws to guide planning and development decisions. Today, however, formal distinctions between state and federal spheres of power have been supplanted by a multi-jurisdictional understanding of federalism, in which local authority to regulate land overlaps with federal, state, and at times, even international authority. Indeed, modern land use law involves significant larger-scale dimensions, resulting in part from the enactment of a number of key federal statutes and initiatives that have varying degrees of preemptive effect on local actions and in part from complex international problem solving that involves local government. This second roundtable explores the changing relationship between international law and local land use policies as part of these new approaches to land use law.