Faculty

Tom Roberts

Professor of Law

Phone: 336.758.5724
Email: robertte@wfu.edu

Books

  • Taking Sides on Takings Issues : the Impact of Tahoe-Sierra.  Thomas E. Roberts, editor.  Chicago : Section of State and Local Government Law, American Bar Association, c2003.
  • Taking Sides on Takings Issues : Public and Private Perspectives.  Thomas E. Roberts, editor.  Chicago : Section of State and Local Government Law, American Bar Association, c2002.
  • Cases and Materials on Land Use.  David L. Callies, Robert H. Freilich, Thomas E. Roberts.  3rd ed.  St. Paul, Minn. : West Group, 1999. 
  • Land use planning and control law.  Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer and Thomas E. Roberts.  St. Paul, Minn. : West Group, 1998.
  • Cases and Materials on Land Use. 2nd ed.  David L. Callies, Robert H. Freilich, & Thomas E. Roberts. American Casebook Series. St. Paul, Minn .: West Publishing Co., 1994. 

Articles, Parts of Books, Book Reviews

  • "Water Rights." The Oxford Companion to American Law.  Editor, Kermit L. Hall.  Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
  • "Takings, Due Process, and Preemption." The Urban Lawyer 29, no. 3 (Summer 1997): 399-411.
  • "Land Use Litigation: Doctrinal Confusion Under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments" The Urban Lawyer 28, no. 4 (Fall 1996): 765-788.
  • "Ripeness and Forum Selection in Fifth Amendment Takings Litigation." Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law 11, no. 1 (Fall 1995): 37-73.
  • "Ripeness After Lucas." After Lucas: Land Use Regulation and the Taking of Property Without Compensation. Edited by David L. Callies. 11-28. Section of Urban, State, and Local Government Law, American Bar Association.  1993.
  • "Chapter 12- Planning and Zoning" The American Law of Real Property 2.  Edited by Arthur R. Gaudio. 12-1 - 12-93. New York : Matthew Bender, 1993.
  • "Forum Selection in Land-Use Cases: Is Federal Court a Viable Option?" Urban, State and Local Law Newsletter 16, no. 2 (Winter 1993): 1, 14-15.
  • "Land-Use Litigation: Takings and Due Process Claims. Urban Lawyer 24, no. 4 (Fall 1992): 833-852.
  • "Recent Developments."  Urban Lawyer 24, no. 4 (Fall 1992): 831-832.
  • "Land Use, Planning and Zoning Committee: 1993 Subcommittee Reports."  Thomas E. Roberts, chair, American Bar Association, Section of Urban, State and Local Government Law 1993.
  • "Fifth Amendment Taking Claims in Federal Court: The State Compensation Requirement and Principles of Res Judicata." The Urban Lawyer 24, no. 3 (Summer 1992): 479-513.
  • "Report of the Subcommittee on Land-Use Litigation and Damages:  Regulation, Property Rights and Remedies."  The Urban Lawyer 23, no. 4 (Fall 1991): 785-820.
  • "Recent Developments in Land Use Law, Planning and Zoning Law: Zoning Moratoria" The Urban Lawyer 22, no. 4 (Fall 1990): 768-779.
  • "Interim Development Controls." Zoning and Land Use Controls 26, (July 1989):  1-61.
  • "Zoning Moratoria as Regulatory Takings After First English (and other Recent Developments)."  Report of the Subcommittee on Zoning Moratoria, Land Use Committee  Philadelphia:  Urban State and Local Government Section of the American Bar Association, 1988.
  • "Recent Developments in Environmental Preservation and the Rights of Property Owners."  The Urban Lawyer 20, no. 4 (Fall 1988): 1011-1030.
  • Chapter 43:  "Variances."  In Zoning and Land Use Controls 6.  Patrick J. Rohan, 1987, 43-1 - 43-87.  New York:  Matthew Bender, 1987.
  • "Private Land Use Controls:  Enforcement Problems With Real Covenants and Equitable Servitudes in North Carolina."  Wake Forest Law Review 22, no. 4 (1987): 749-811.
  • "Zoning by Condemnation and Assessment."  Wake Forest Jurist 18, no. 1 (Fall 1987): 21-23. 
  • "Promises Respecting Land Use - Can Benefits Be Held in Gross?" Missouri Law Review 51, no. 4 (Fall 1986): 933-976.
  • Chapter 3A:  "Inclusionary Zoning."  In Zoning and Land Use Controls.  Patrick J. Rohan, 1986, 3A-1-69. New York:  Matthew Bender, 1986.
  • Chapter 40:  "Use Classifications in Zoning."  In Zoning and Land Use Controls  Patrick J. Rohan, 1986, 6, 40-1-141. New York:  Matthew Bender, 1986.
  • Chapter 40A:  "Accessory Uses."  In Zoning and Land Use Controls  Patrick J. Rohan, 1986, 6, 40A-1-85. New York:  Matthew Bender, 1986.
  • "Chapter 16.  Recent Trends in Real Property Law" North Carolina Real Property Practice Handbook. Revised Edition 1985, 573-88. Wake Forest University Continuing Legal Education, 1985.
  • The Regulation of Home Occupations Under Zoning Ordinances - Some Constitutional Considerations."  Temple Law Quarterly 56, no. 1 (1983): 49-94.

CLE, Casebook Outlines

  • Chapters 11:  "Landlord and Tenant Law" (399-426) and "Recent Trends In Real Property Law" (573-).  In North Carolina Real Property Practice Handbook.  Rev. ed.  Winston-Salem, N.C.:  Wake Forest School of Law, CLE, 1985. 
  • Chapters 12: "Landlord and Tenant" ([399]?430); and 17: "Recent Trends and Developments" ([589]-601).  In North Carolina Real Property Practice Handbook.  Winston-Salem, N.C.:  Wake Forest School of Law, CLE, 1982.