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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808624003321

Autore

Reynolds Susan <1929->

Titolo

Before eminent domain : toward a history of expropriation of land for the common good / / Susan Reynolds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, NC, : University of North Carolina Press, 2010

ISBN

979-88-9313-413-1

1-4696-0428-0

0-8078-9586-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Collana

Studies in legal history

Disciplina

343/.0252

343.0252

Soggetti

Eminent domain - History

Eminent domain - History - To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Western Europe before 1100 -- Western Europe and British North America, 1100-1800 -- Justifications and discussions -- Communities, individuals, and property.

Sommario/riassunto

In this concise history of expropriation of land for the common good in Europe and North America from medieval times to 1800, Susan Reynolds contextualizes the history of an important legal doctrine regarding the relationship between government and the institution of private property. Before Eminent Domain concentrates on western Europe and the English colonies in America. As Reynolds argues, expropriation was a common legal practice in many societies in which individuals had rights to land. It was generally accepted that land could be taken from them, with compensation, when th