Before eminent domain [[electronic resource] ] : toward a history of expropriation of land for the common good / / Susan Reynolds
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| Autore: |
Reynolds Susan <1929->
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| Titolo: |
Before eminent domain [[electronic resource] ] : toward a history of expropriation of land for the common good / / Susan Reynolds
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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, NC, : University of North Carolina Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (186 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 343/.0252 |
| Soggetto topico: | Eminent domain - History |
| Eminent domain - History - To 1500 | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Before eminent domain |
| ISBN: | 1-4696-0428-0 |
| 0-8078-9586-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910780835703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Studies in legal history.