Supreme neglect : how to revive constitutional protection for private property / Richard A. Epstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Epstein, Richard Allen, 1943-

Series:

Inalienable rights series ; v. 4.

Inalienable rights series ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Right of property--United States.

Right of property.

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

Eminent domain--United States.

Eminent domain.

Land use--Law and legislation--United States.

Land use.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

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 nation's

Contents:

Private property : its origins, structure and utility

The generative power of constitutional interpretation

A typology of physical takings

Public use

Unjust compensation

A matching principle for regulatory takings

Going too far : mineral rights

Adventures in land use regulation : zoning and landmark preservation

The environmental challenge

The exaction game

Rate regulation

Intellectual property

Final reflections.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-029394-2

1-281-16297-3

9786611162979

0-19-804144-6

1-4356-3362-8

OCLC:

476245062