The course deals with legal frameworks that give public institutions, and sometimes also private people, the right to acquire land through compulsory purchase in different situations. The following main aspects will be dealt with in the course.
- Fundamental motives to permit compulsory purchase. Different situations where compulsory purchase can be realised. Value concepts and their relevance in cases of compensation. Profit sharing versus compensation for damage.
- Principles for the permission process. Applicable legislation in different situations. Permission process in different systems of regulation.
- Compensation rules in the Expropriation Act, Planning and Building Act, cadastral legislation, environmental and nature conservation legislation.
- Valuation problems in different compensation situations. Methods for estimation of compensation for encroachment and compulsory purchase.