J. Peter Byrne
Associate Dean (J.D. Program) (Spring); Faculty Director; Georgetown Environmental Law and Policy Institute; Faculty Director, Georgetown State-Federal Climate Resource Center, Professor of Law
B.A., Northwestern; M.A., J.D., University of Virginia
Areas of Expertise:
Constitutional Law, Education Law, Environmental Law, Property
Professor Byrne joined the Law Center faculty in 1985. After graduation from the University of Virginia law school, he served as a law clerk to...
Continue ReadingProfessor Byrne joined the Law Center faculty in 1985. After graduation from the University of Virginia law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge Frank Coffin and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell and then worked as an associate with the D.C. firm of Covington & Burling. He teaches and writes in the areas of Property, Land Use, Constitutional Law, and Higher Education Law and Policy. He served as Associate Dean for the JD Program from 1997 to 2000. He was John Carroll Research Professor in 1996-97.
Recent Scholarship
Books
- J. Peter Byrne & Sara C. Bronin, Historic Preservation Law (New York: Thomson Reuters/Foundation Press 2012). [BOOK]
Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals
- J. Peter Byrne, Historic Preservation and Its Cultured Despisers: Reflections on the Contemporary Role of Preservation Law in Urban Development, 19 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 665-688 (2012). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [Gtown Law] [WWW]
- J. Peter Byrne, The Cathedral Engulfed: Sea-Level Rise, Property Rights, and Time, 73 La. L. Rev. 69-118 (2012). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [Gtown Law] [WWW]
Book Chapters and Collected Works
- J. Peter Byrne & Jessica Grannis, Coastal Retreat Measures, in The Law of Adaptation to Climate Change: U.S. and International Aspects 267-306 (Michael B. Gerrard & Katrina Fischer Kuh eds., Chicago: American Bar Association 2012). [BOOK]
- J. Peter Byrne, The Public Nature of Property Rights and the Property Nature of Public Law, in The Public Nature of Private Property 1-12 (Michael Diamond & Robin Paul Malloy eds., Farnham, U.K.: Ashgate 2011). [BOOK]
All Scholarship 2000 - Present
Books
- J. Peter Byrne & Sara C. Bronin, Historic Preservation Law (New York: Thomson Reuters/Foundation Press 2012). [BOOK]
Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals
- J. Peter Byrne, Historic Preservation and Its Cultured Despisers: Reflections on the Contemporary Role of Preservation Law in Urban Development, 19 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 665-688 (2012). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [Gtown Law] [WWW]
- J. Peter Byrne, The Cathedral Engulfed: Sea-Level Rise, Property Rights, and Time, 73 La. L. Rev. 69-118 (2012). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [Gtown Law] [WWW]
- J. Peter Byrne, Judge, 63 Me. L. Rev. 510-512 (2011). [HEIN] [L] [W]
- J. Peter Byrne, Stop the Stop the Beach Plurality!, 38 Ecology L.Q. 619-637 (2011). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [Gtown Law] [WWW]
- J. Peter Byrne, Rising Seas and Common Law Baselines: A Comment on Regulatory Takings Discourse Concerning Climate Change, 11 Vt. J. Envtl. L. 625-642 (2010). [L] [W] [Gtown Law]
- J. Peter Byrne, Hallowed Ground: The Gettysburg Battlefield in Historic Preservation Law, 22 Tul. Envtl. L.J. 203-269 (2009). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [Gtown Law]
- J. Peter Byrne, Neo-orthodoxy in Academic Freedom, 88 Tex. L. Rev. 143-170 (2009) (reviewing Matthew W. Finkin & Robert C. Post, For the Common Good: Principles of American Academic Freedom (2009) & Stanley Fish, Save the World on Your Own Time (2008)). [HEIN] [L] [W] [Gtown Law]
- J. Peter Byrne & Michael Diamond, Affordable Housing, Land Tenure, and Urban Policy: The Matrix Revealed, 34 Fordham Urb. L.J. 527-610 (2007). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [Gtown Law]
- J. Peter Byrne, Due Process Land Use Claims After Lingle, 34 Ecology L.Q. 471-492 (2007). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [Gtown Law]
- J. Peter Byrne, Constitutional Academic Freedom After Grutter: Getting Real About the "Four Freedoms" of a University, 77 U. Colo. L. Rev. 929-953 (2006). [HEIN] [L] [W] [Gtown Law]
- J. Peter Byrne, Condemnation of Low Income Residential Communities Under the Takings Clause, 23 UCLA J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 131-169 (2005). [HEIN] [L] [W] [Gtown Law]
- J. Peter Byrne, Property and Environment: Thoughts on an Evolving Relationship, 28 Harv. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 679-689 (2005). [HEIN] [L] [W]
- J. Peter Byrne, Regulatory Takings Challenges to Historic Preservation Laws After Penn Central, 15 Fordham Envtl. L. Rev. 313-334 (2004). [HEIN] [L] [W]
- J. Peter Byrne, The Threat to Constitutional Academic Freedom, 31 J.C. & U.L. 79-142 (2004). [W]
- J. Peter Byrne, Rhetoric and Realities of Gentrification: Reply to Powell and Spencer, 46 How. L.J. 491-497 (2003). [HEIN] [L] [W]
- J. Peter Byrne, Two Cheers for Gentrification, 46 How. L.J. 405-432 (2003). [HEIN] [L] [W]
- J. Peter Byrne, Academic Freedom of Part-Time Faculty, 27 J.C. & U.L. 583-593 (2001). [W]
- J. Peter Byrne, Regulatory Takings and "Judicial Supremacy", 51 Ala. L. Rev. 949-961 (2000). [HEIN] [L] [W] [Gtown Law]
Book Chapters and Collected Works
- J. Peter Byrne & Jessica Grannis, Coastal Retreat Measures, in The Law of Adaptation to Climate Change: U.S. and International Aspects 267-306 (Michael B. Gerrard & Katrina Fischer Kuh eds., Chicago: American Bar Association 2012). [BOOK]
- J. Peter Byrne, The Public Nature of Property Rights and the Property Nature of Public Law, in The Public Nature of Private Property 1-12 (Michael Diamond & Robin Paul Malloy eds., Farnham, U.K.: Ashgate 2011). [BOOK]
U.S. Supreme Court Briefs
- Brief of Environmental Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents, American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut, No. 10-174 (U.S. Mar. 18, 2011).
- Brief of the National League of Cities, National Conference of State Legislatures, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Council of State Governments, National Association of Counties, International Municipal Lawyers Association and International City/County Management Association as Amici Curiae Supporting Respondents, Kelo v. New London, No. 04-108 (U.S. Jan. 21, 2005). [W] [Gtown Law]
- Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, Cayetano v. Chevron USA, Inc., No. 00-1198 (U.S. Jan. 24, 2000). [W] [Gtown Law]
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