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1	Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage more books like this by Jeff Benedict add to wishlist Suzette Kelo was just trying to rebuild her life when she purchased a falling down Victorian house perched on the waterfront in New London, CT. The house wasn't particularly fancy but with lots of hard work Suzette turned it into a home that was important to her, a home that represented her new found independence. What she didn't know that the ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $9.99! \| SVS
2	Grandpas Mountain more books like this by Carolyn Reeder add to wishlist During the Depression, eleven-year-old Carrie makes her annual summer visit to her relatives in the Blue Ridge Mountains and watches her determined grandfather fight against the government's attempt to take his farm land for a new national park. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.88! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Bulldozed: "Kelo," Eminent Domain, and the American Lust for Land more books like this by Carla T Main add to wishlist No domestic policy issue more angers or galvanizes the public than the controversy over eminent domain - the taking of private property for public use. The stakes in this always controversial procedure have been dramatically raised in recent years as eminent domain has been used to fund private development. As the notorious Kelo case in New London ... see all copies from $14.78! new only from $14.78! \| SVS
4	Sammy Keyes and the Dead Giveaway more books like this by Wendelin Van Draanen add to wishlist Sammy accidentally makes a deadly mistake, but all clues point to her nemesis, Heather. As Sammy struggles with her conscience, she helps an ailing senior citizen in her fight against urban renewal. Sammy's also dealing with her feelings for Casey, Heather's brother, who she's attending the Farewell Dance with on a "non-date." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Who Owns America?: Social Conflict Over Property Rights more books like this by Harvey J Jacobs (Editor) add to wishlist The question of land ownership in America is central to a fundamental conflict that can pit private property rights advocates against government policymakers and environmentalists. This text explores different perspectives on the question of property rights in the United States. see all copies from $7.75! new only from $14.78! \| SVS
6	Government Pirates: The Assault on Private Property Rights--And How We Can Fight It more books like this by Don Corace add to wishlist Anti-eminent domain activist Corace offers this in-depth look at the growing problem of private property and eminent domain abuse around the country and reveals countless brazen acts of local, state, and federal government seizure of property. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Anatomy of a Constitutional Law Case more books like this by Alan Westin add to wishlist In his newly updated version of The Anatomy of a Constitutional Law Case, Alan F. Westin provides a documentary portrait of historically important constitutional law case, 'Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, ' from its rise in a bargaining dispute in the steel industry during 1952 to the aftermath of its decision by the United States Supreme ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| first editions
8	Property Law and the Public Interest: Cases and Materials more books like this by J Gordon Hylton add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.59! \| first editions
9	Private Property and the Constitution more books like this by Bruce A Ackerman add to wishlist see all copies from $3.16! new only from $19.95! \| SVS
10	Property Rights and Eminent Domain more books like this by Ellen Frankel Paul add to wishlist In a country built on the institution of private property, property-owner rights have been under attack. By arguing that private property is a fundamental liberty whose protection deserves the highest priority, Ellen Frankel Paul challenges one of the dominant trends of the past half century: the erosion of property rights via zoning and land use ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.50! \| SVS
11	Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain more books like this by Richard A Epstein add to wishlist If legal scholar Richard Epstein is right, then the New Deal is wrong, if not unconstitutional. Epstein reaches this sweeping conclusion after making a detailed analysis of the eminent domain, or takings, clause of the Constitution, which states that private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation. In contrast to the ... see all copies from $9.17! new only from $36.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Supreme Neglect: How to Revive Constitutional Protection for Private Property more books like this by Richard Allen Epstein add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $10.75!
13 view cover	Pollution and Property: Comparing Ownership Institutions for Environmental Protection more books like this by Daniel H Cole add to wishlist Environmental protection and resource conservation depend on the imposition of property rights (broadly defined) because in the absence of some property system - private, common, or public - resource degradation and depletion are inevitable. But there is no universal, first-best property regime for environmental protection in this second-best ... see all copies from $29.49! new only from $29.49! \| SVS
14 view cover	The Global Debate Over Constitutional Property: Lessons for American Takings Jurisprudence more books like this by Gregory S Alexander add to wishlist Countries around the world are heatedly debating whether property should be a constitutional right. But American lawyers have largely ignored this debate, which is divided into two clear camps: those who believe making property a constitutional right undermines democracy by fostering inequality, and those who believe it provides the security ... see all copies from $24.98! new only from $30.25!
15	Environment, Property, and the Law: Federal and State Case Decisions & Journal Articles more books like this by Ronald L Rosenberg (Editor), Paul Finkelman (Editor) add to wishlist A bedrock principle of American law The recognition of private property has been an important legal and social feature of American jurisprudence and political history since the creation of the republic. The property concept recognizes an individual as the owner of land or other valuable and gives that owner power over its use and disposition. ... see all copies from $43.00! new only from $43.00! \| SVS
16 view cover	The Takings Issue: Constitutional Limits on Land-Use Control and Environmental Regulation more books like this by Robert Meltz, Dwight H Merriam, Rick Frank add to wishlist As challenges to environmental and land use controls by landowners have become more frequent, the concept of regulatory takings has become both increasingly familiar to the public, and increasingly problematic for planners, local officials, and anyone involved with making day-to-day decisions about land use. This volume provides an objective and ... see all copies from $30.00! new only from $67.95! \| SVS
17 view cover	The Right to Property in Commonwealth Constitutions more books like this by Tom Allen, Thomas Allen, James Crawford (Editor) add to wishlist The right to property is an important part of most Commonwealth constitutions. This book examines the evolution of right to property and the changing trends in their interpretation by the courts. A number of specific issues are examined closely: * Which interests are constitutionally protected as 'property'? * When does the regulation of property ... see all copies from $83.26! new only from $83.26!
18 view cover	Regulatory Takings: Law, Economics, and Politics more books like this by Professor William A Fischel add to wishlist This book employs jurisprudential theories, economic analysis, historical investigation, and political science to show why local land-use regulations, such as zoning and rent control, deserve a higher degree of judicial scrutiny than national regulations. see all copies from $14.98! new only from $49.50! \| SVS
19	Real estate valuation in litigation more books like this by J. D. Eaton add to wishlist see all copies from $24.28! new only from $148.00! \| first editions
20 view cover	Brother Against Brother: America's New War Over Land Rights more books like this by Diana White Horse Capp add to wishlist "Brother Against Brother" is an important book that is an intensive personal examination of a cultural war that has received too little attention. Conflicting government promises for land and water unfairly pit Americans, both tribal and non-tribal, against each other. Astonishingly, environmentalists exploit the conflict using their 'Nature First ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions
21 view cover	Property and Freedom: The Constitution, the Courts, and Land-Use Regualtion more books like this by Bernard H Siegan add to wishlist see all copies from $7.00! new only from $41.17!
22 view cover	Private Property, Community Development, and Eminent Domain more books like this by Robin Paul Malloy add to wishlist The tension between private property rights, human rights, and community are at an all time high in many parts of the world. Social and political changes along with the pressures of globalization call for a new look at the role of private property and its place within the framework of democratic societies.This book addresses the current status of ... see all copies from $98.84! new only from $98.84!
23	Displacement, How to Fight It more books like this by Chester Hartman, W. Dennis Keating, Legal Services Anti-Displacement Project add to wishlist see all copies from $6.59!
24	Current Condemnation Law: Takings, Compensation & Benefits more books like this by Alan T Ackerman add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $189.00!
25	Land-Use Planning: A Casebook on the Use, Misuse, and Re-Use of Urban Land, Fourth Edition more books like this by Charles Monroe Haar, Michael Allan Wolf add to wishlist see all copies from $6.90! first editions

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