Yes, We Can Have Class Outside: Illustrating Zoning and Property Development Law Through Walking Tours

Abstract

Walking tours in campus neighborhoods illustrate how zoning and development law translates into the built environment. By showing how regulatory pressures physically changed a space already familiar to students, instructors can demonstrate legal principles in a memorable way. This article contributes to business law pedagogy by providing tools to create localized tours that raise business strategy and ethics issues for use in assessments or class discussions. Such tours can be scaled and adapted to business law or real estate courses, while assignment options allow instructors to extend the experience to related issues, from historical discrimination to business strategy.