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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454415903321

Autore

Ely James W., Jr., <1938->

Titolo

The Guardian of Every Other Right [[electronic resource] ] : A Constitutional History of Property Rights

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

ISBN

1-281-34577-6

9786611345778

0-19-972452-0

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Collana

Bicentennial Essays on the Bill of Rights

Disciplina

323.460973

Soggetti

Right of property

Right of property - History - United States

Law - U.S

Law, Politics & Government

Law - U.S. - General

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

Contents; Editor's Preface; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Origins of Property Rights: The Colonial Period; 2. The Revolutionary Era, 1765-1787; 3. "Property Must Be Secured": Establishing a New Constitutional Order; 4. The Development of Property Rights in the Antebellum Era, 1791-186l; 5. The Gilded Age and the Challenge of Industrialization; 6. Progressive Reform and Judicial Conservatism, 1900-1932; Photo gallery; 7. The New Deal and the Demise of Property-Conscious Constitutionalism; 8. Property Rights and the Regulatory State; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index of Cases; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Editor's Preface. Preface. Introduction. 1. The Origins of Property Rights: The Colonial Period. 2. The Revolutionary Era, 1765-1787. 3. ""Property Must Be Secured"": Establishing a New Constitutional Order. 4. The Development of Property Rights in the Antebellum Era, 1791-1861. 5. The Gilded Age and the Challenge of Industrialization. 6. Progressive Reform and Judicial Conservatism, 1900-1932. 7. The New Deal and the Demise of Laissez-Faire Constitutionalism. 8. Property



Rights and the Regulatory State. 9. Epilogue. Notes. Bibliographical Essay. Index of Cases. Index