how to revive constitutional protection for private property /
Richard A. Epstein.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
1 online resource (xviii, 186 pages) :
illustrations, map.
Inalienable rights series
Includes indexes.
Private property : its origins, structure, and utility -- The generative power of constitutional interpretation -- A typology of physical takings -- Public use -- Unjust compensation -- A matching principle for regulatory takings -- Going too far : mineral rights -- Adventures in land use regulation : zoning and landmark preservation -- The environmental challenge -- The exaction game -- Rate regulation -- Intellectual property -- Final reflections.
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As far back as the Magna Carta in 1215, the right of private property was seen as a bulwark of the individual against the arbitrary power of the state. Indeed, common-law tradition holds that "property is the guardian of every other right." And yet, for most of the last seventy years, property rights had few staunch supporters in America. This latest addition to Oxford's Inalienable Rights series provides a succinct, pointed look at property rights in America--how they came to be, how they have evolved, and why they should once again be a mainstay of the law. Richard A. Epstein, the.