Eran Kaplinsky, SJD (University of Toronto), LLM (University of Toronto), LLB (Tel Aviv University)

Area of Study / Keywords

municipal property law & economics planning land use

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About

Professor Eran Kaplinsky researches and teaches in the areas of property law, municipal law, and planning law. He is the co-author of Ziff's Principles of Property Law (8th ed.). He holds a Bachelor of Laws from Tel Aviv University, a Master of Laws from the University of Toronto, and a Doctor of Juridical Science from the University of Toronto.  
Professor Kaplinsky served as Research Director of the University's Alberta Land Institute from 2016-2023.

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Research

• Land Use Planning and regulation
• Municipal Law
• Expropriation
• Property Law
• Law and Economics

LAW 440A - Property Law

This course involves the study of basic principles which govern the institution of real and personal property. Included in this analysis will be the history of property law and issues of social and political context. Other topics include right incident to the ownership and possession of land, tenures and estates, concurrent ownership, dower, leases and tenancies, easements, restrictive covenants, finders law, bailment, and gifts. Other special issues may be explored.

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LAW 440B - Property Law

This course involves the study of basic principles which govern the institution of real and personal property. Included in this analysis will be the history of property law and issues of social and political context. Other topics include right incident to the ownership and possession of land, tenures and estates, concurrent ownership, dower, leases and tenancies, easements, restrictive covenants, finders law, bailment, and gifts. Other special issues may be explored.

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LAW 486 - Jurisprudence

An examination of law from a theoretical rather than a doctrinal perspective. Every year, the course will consist of a number of seminar offerings whose focus will be on a broader theoretical examination of law, legal processes, and institutions. Each of these courses will allow a critical examination of law from a variety of perspectives such as; legal theory, literature, politics, economics, social and cultural development, and religion.

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LAW 651 - Municipal and Planning Law

This course explores the legal framework governing land use policy and regulation in Canada, with particular emphasis on Alberta. We begin with some controversial questions: When should development be regulated, and when is it best left to the market? What powers should local governments have, and what role should they play in land use planning? We proceed to study the development approval process, including the rights of neighbours to challenge undesirable development, and the institutions and processes for resolving land use disputes. We analyze a range of public and private regulatory tools (including Alberta's land use framework, statutory plans, zoning by-laws, subdivision controls, and restrictive covenants and homeowner associations), focusing on their relative efficacy and fairness. Planning theory and economic analysis will be applied to contemporary debates over such problems as sprawl and smart growth, and affordable housing.

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Browse more courses taught by Eran Kaplinsky

Yifat Holzman-Gazit and Eran S. Kaplinsky

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 2026 January; 117 (March):129281

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Shahab, Sina, Falco, Enzo, Kaplinsky, Eran, Lacoere, Peter, Wenner, Fabian

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 2026 January; 10.1080/1523908X.2026.2618680

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Eran Kaplinsky

Alberta Law Review. 2023 October; 61 (1):101-110 10.29173/alr2754

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Eran Kaplinsky, Malcolm Lavoie & Jane Thomson

2023 February;

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Elgar Encyclopedia in Urban and Regional Planning and Design Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences Series. 2023 January; 10.4337/9781800889002.0000108

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Eran S. Kaplinsky

Rights and the City. 2022 December; 10.1515/9781772126716-010

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David W. Poulton & Eran S. Kaplinsky

Land Use Policy. 2022 December; 123 10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106407

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Rights and the City Problems, Progress, and Practice. 2022 September;

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Kaplinsky, Eran

2020 January; 10.7939/r3-dp7t-kh85

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Public Infrastructure Private Finance Developer Obligations and Responsibilities. 2019 January;

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Eran Kaplinsky

Law and the "Sharing Economy". 2018 December; 10.1515/9780776627526-010

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Instruments of Land Policy Dealing with Scarcity of Land. 2018 January; 10.4324/9781315511658

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Eran Kaplinsky, David R. Percy

Rethinking Expropriation Law II: Context, Criteria, and Consequences of Expropriation. 2016 January;

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Kaplinsky, Eran S.

Public Interest, Private Property: Law and Planning Policy in Canada. 2015 January;

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2012 January;

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Kaplinsky,Eran

Property on Trial: Canadian Cases in Context. 2012 January;

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