Donald J. Kochan

Public Policy Institute Studies

Property Rights, Responsible Development, and Constrictive “Rules”, Virginia Institute for Public Policy Virginia Viewpoint No. 2003-16, November 2003.

Property Rights, Condemnation, and Special Interests, Virginia Institute for Public Policy Virginia Viewpoint No. 2003-3, April 2003.

Public-Private ‘Land Exchanges’ Could Help Resolve Property Rights Disputes, Mackinac Center Viewpoint on Public Issues, Sept. 2, 2002.

Government ‘Condemnation’ Power Makes Property Rights Less Secure, Mackinac Center Viewpoint on Public Issues No. 2002-07, Feb. 4, 2002.

Fighting Urban Blight or Trashing Property Rights? Mackinac Center Viewpoint on Public Issues, July 2, 2001. [Selected Review: John Douglas, columnist at The Grand Rapids Press(MI): “I don’t often agree with the folks at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy ... When I do, I feel it is something I should write about.” See Unscrupulous Land Grab in Wayne County, Grand Rapids Press, Mar. 6, 2002, at A19.]

Reforming Property Forfeiture Laws to Protect Citizen’s Rights, A Mackinac Center Report (July 1998). [Selected Review: Representative John Conyers (D-MI) stated that this Report “has done a great public service by pointing out an abuse of power and a defect in our law.” See ‘Odd Couple’ works for common good, Detroit News, July 21, 1998.]

Property Doesn’t Commit Crimes, People Do, Mackinac Center Viewpoint on Public Issues No. 98-15, May 4, 1998.

Reforming the Law of Takings in Michigan, A Mackinac Center Report (April 1996).

Real Reform in Takings Law, Mackinac Center Viewpoint on Public Issues, March 4, 1996.

Should Bargains Be Illegal?, Mackinac Center Viewpoint on Public Issues No. 95-34, December 4, 1995. (Reprinted in, inter alia, Detroit Legal News).

Donald J. Kochan

Associate Professor of Law
Chapman University School of Law
One University Drive
Orange, California 92866
Phone: (714) 628-2618
Fax: (714) 628-2576
kochan@chapman.edu

Associate Professor of Law

Chapman University School of Law