Professor Shelley Saxer, Penalties, Payments, and Power -- Property Jotwell

Professor Shelley Ross Saxer's article, Penalties, Payments, and Power, is published in Property Jotwell, March 20, 2025. The article is a review of Jessica L. Asbridge's article, Fines, Forfeitures, and Federalism, 111 Va. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming, 2025).

Excerpt from Penalties, Payments, and Power

Government has abused its authority with respect to discretionary fines and forfeitures that serve as a significant source of revenue for federal, state, and local governments and have a disproportionate impact on poor and disadvantaged communities. Similarly, local government abuses have occurred in land use regulation when the government seeks to obtain private property in exchange for granting a permit by requiring either a physical or monetary exaction. Professor Jessica Asbridge’s new article, Fines, Forfeitures, and Federalism, brings together these two seemingly unrelated areas of potential government abuse—exactions and discretionary fines and forfeitures.

The complete article may be found at Property Jotwell.