Property rights : from Magna Carta to the Fourteenth Amendment / Bernard H. Siegan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Siegan, Bernard H.

Series:

New studies in social policy ; no. 3.

New studies in social policy ; no. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Right of property--United States--History.

Right of property.

History.

United States.

Right of property--Great Britain--History.

United States. Constitution--14th Amendment.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

viii, 329 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick (USA) : Social Philosophy and Policy Foundation : Transaction Publishers, 2001.

Contents:

2. The Rights of Englishmen 5

I. The Magna Carta 6

II. Lord Coke and His Interpretation of the Magna Carta 12

III. Coke's Judicial Record 19

IV. Blackstone and the Common Law 29

V. John Locke's Influence on American Constitutionalism 46

VI. The Colonies Protect Rights 50

VII. The Commercial Success of English America 53

VIII. Rejecting Authoritarian Controls 55

IX. Freedom versus Public Virtue 58

3. Interpreting the Constitution and the Bill of Rights 61

I. The Articles of Confederation 61

II. The First American Constitution 64

III. Framing the U.S. Constitution 65

IV. James Madison: The Most Important and Influential Framer 74

V. Madison and the Separation of Powers 83

VI. Judicial Review 92

VII. Constitutional Protection of Property Rights 99

VIII. The Bill of Rights 102

IX. The Due Process Clause 105

X. The Takings Clause 108

XI. Correctly Interpreting the Constitution's Private Property Guarantees 117

XII. The Bill of Rights and Property Rights 118

4. Judicial Interpretations of Property Rights Prior to the Fourteenth Amendment 121

II. State Decisions 123

III. Justice Blackmun's Dissent in the Lucas Case 180

IV. Federal Cases 192

V. Due Process and the Police Power 206

VI. Observations about Due Process and Class Legislation 212

5. The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment 219

II. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 226

III. Bingham's Early Version of Section 1 231

IV. The Final Version of Section 1 235

6. The Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment 243

II. The Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV 246

III. Congress Defines Privileges and Immunities 248

IV. Paul v. Virginia 258

V. The Slaughterhouse Cases 261

VI. Saenz v. Roe 267

VII. Section 1: Beyond Property Rights 275.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-316) and indexes.

ISBN:

0765800578

0765807556

OCLC:

45015531