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Taking and giving: Police power, public value, and private right

Author
Torres G.
Journal/Series
Environmental Law | Vol. 26(1); 1 - 26; 27 p.
Date
1996
Source
IUCN (ID: ANA-058048)
Publisher | Place of publication
Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College | Portland, OR, USA
Language
English
Country/Territory
United States of America
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Property rights
Abstract

Professor Torres engages in a discussion of the relationship between property as a social artifact and law, and why this realtionship is misunderstood. Professor Torres describes the political and narrative techniques used by property rights advocates, examines the current state of takings jurisprudence, and voices strong concern regarding the political and social values at stake in the struggle to define ' property rights '.