A collection of fourteen controversial essays that debate issues concerning the Fifth Amendment power of Eminent Domain, which maintains that the federal government or the state has the power to take private property for public use.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
The history of the power of eminent domain / Donald W. Detisch -- An essay on property rights / James Madison -- The meaning of the takings clause / Jay M. Feinman -- States must compensate property owners for seized property / John Marshall Harlan -- Rent-control laws are not a form of property seizure / Sandra Day O'Connor -- Taking property for economic development is constitutional / John Paul Stevens -- Private property should not be taken for economic development / Jeff Jacoby -- Regulatory takings under the Rehnquist court / Mark Tushnet -- Granting public access to private property is a "taking" / Antonin Scalia -- A lengthy moratorium on development is a "taking" / William H. Rehnquist -- Using state law to expand property rights / Jay M. Feinman -- Environmental regulations violate property rights / Russ J. Harding -- The property rights movement is extremist / Jennifer Bradley -- The power of eminent domain is being abused / George F. Will.