Taking and giving: Police power, public value, and private right Autor Torres G. Título de serie Environmental Law | Vol. 26(1); 1 - 26; 27 p. Fecha 1996 Fuente IUCN (ID: ANA-058048) Editor | Lugar de publicación Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College | Portland, OR, USA Idioma Inglés País/Territorio Estados Unidos de América Materia Tierra y suelos Palabra clave Derechos de propiedad Resumen 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 '.