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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451480603321

Autore

Ryskamp John

Titolo

The Eminent Domain Revolt [[electronic resource] ] : Changing Perceptions in a New Constitutional Epoch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007

ISBN

1-281-39818-7

0-87586-526-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Disciplina

343.73'0252--dc22

Soggetti

Eminent domain

Eminent domain - United States

Law - U.S

Public Property Laws - U.S

Law, Politics & Government

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword; The Eminent Domain Revolt; Chapter 1. Individual Rights Before Kelo v. New London; Chapter 2. Kelo and Its Discontents; Chapter 3. The New Bill of Rights as Law; Chapter 4. The New Bill of Rights as Fact; Chapter 5. The Early Days of the New Bill of Rights; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ryskamp provides an up-to-the-minute report on the law and politics of eminent domain after the Supreme Court's (in)famous Kelo v. New London decision of June of 2005. All the states are just beginning to debate reforming their eminent domain laws, and there is nothing whatsoever on the market which would give them a clue as to how to frame the debate. Legislators are bewildered as to how to proceed. In the famous Lindsey v. Normet Supreme Court case, 405 US 56 (1972), the Court found there was no right to housing, which is one of the reasons we are in the midst of this eminent domain controve