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The guardian of every other right

a constitutional history of property rights

By James W. Ely

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Publish Date

1992

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Language

eng

Pages

224

Description:

This title chronicles the pivotal role of property rights in fashioning the American constitutional order from the colonial era to the current controversies over eminent domain and land use controls. It book emphasizes the interplay of law, politics, ideology, and economic change in shaping constitutional thought and provides a historical perspective on the contemporary debate about property rights.