Takings : private property and the power of eminent domain

Takings : private property and the power of eminent domain / Richard A. Epstein.

If legal scholar Richard Epstein is right, then the New Deal is wrong, if not unconstitutional. Epstein develops a coherent normative theory that permits us to distinguish between permissible takings for public use and impermissible ones. He then examines a wide range of government regulations and t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Epstein, Richard Allen, 1943-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, [1994], ©1985.
Subjects:
Eminent domain > United States.
Right of property > United States.
LAW > Taxation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > General.
Eminent domain
Right of property
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • PART I Philosophical Preliminaries
  • 1. A Tale of Two Pies
  • 2. Hobbesian Man, Lockean World
  • 3. The Integrity of Constitutional Text
  • PART II Takings Prima Facie
  • 4. Takings and Torts
  • 5. Partial Takings: The Unity of Ownership
  • 6. Possession and Use
  • 7. Rights of Disposition and Contract
  • 8. Taking from Many: Liability Rules, Regulations, and Taxes
  • PART III Justifications for Takings
  • 9. The Police Power: Ends
  • 10. The Police Power: Means
  • 11. Consent and Assumption of Risk
  • PART IV Public Use and Just Compensation
  • 12. Public Use13. Explicit Compensation
  • 14. Implicit In-Kind Compensation
  • 15. Property and the Common Pool
  • 16. Tort
  • 17. Regulation
  • 18. Taxation
  • 19. Transfer Payments and Welfare Rights
  • CONCLUSION Philosophical Implications
  • Index of Cases
  • General Index

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