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Bulldozed : Eminent Domain and the American Lust for Land.
Eminent domain entered the awareness of many Americans with the recent U.S. Supreme Court case Kelo v. New London. Across the political spectrum, people were outraged when the Court majority said that a local government may transfer property from one private party to another under the "public u...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Encounter Books,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Eminent domain entered the awareness of many Americans with the recent U.S. Supreme Court case Kelo v. New London. Across the political spectrum, people were outraged when the Court majority said that a local government may transfer property from one private party to another under the "public use" clause of the Constitution, for the sake of "economic development. Carla T. Mainwho in the past, as a lawyer, has represented the condemning authorities in eminent domain casesexamines how property rights in America have come to be so weak, tracing the history of eminent domain from the Revolutiona. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (322 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781594032899 1594032890 |