Supreme neglect : how to revive constitutional protection for private property /

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Author / Creator:	Epstein, Richard Allen, 1943-
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 186 pages) : illustrations, map.
Language:	English
Series:	Inalienable rights series Inalienable rights series.
Subject:	Right of property -- United States. Constitutional law -- United States. Eminent domain -- United States. Land use -- Law and legislation -- United States. Constitutional law. Eminent domain. Land use -- Law and legislation. Right of property. United States. Electronic book.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11162881

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ISBN:	9780198041443 0198041446 9781435633629 1435633628 9780195304602 0195304608
Notes:	Includes indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	As far back as the Magna Carta in 1215, the right of private property was seen as a bulwark of the individual against the arbitrary power of the state. Indeed, common-law tradition holds that "property is the guardian of every other right." And yet, for most of the last seventy years, property rights had few staunch supporters in America. This latest addition to Oxford's Inalienable Rights series provides a succinct, pointed look at property rights in America--how they came to be, how they have evolved, and why they should once again be a mainstay of the law. Richard A. Epstein, the.
Other form:	Print version: Epstein, Richard Allen, 1943- Supreme neglect. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 9780195304602 0195304608

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