ABSTRACT
Urban planning is a process of analysis of the constraints within a community for the purpose of developing and implementing a plan for the achievement of the community's goals and objectives. In this process, planners use the skills of many disciplines including statistics, geography, economics, sociology, architecture and law. Jurisprudence, the philosophy of law, is concerned with societal vaiues and relationships that frequently limit the effectiveness of the law as an instrument of urban planning. It is absolutely necessary to the formation and permanence of any system of jurisprudence. When the law is clear and certain, innovative planners may create new programs that utilize the full range of opportunities created by the law. The chapter stresses that planners should develop an awareness of the principle of equal protection of the laws to avoid proposals that involve vulnerable or invalid classifications.
