Taking and giving: Police power, public value, and private right Auteur Torres G. Périodique/Collection Environmental Law | Vol. 26(1); 1 - 26; 27 p. Date 1996 Source IUCN (ID: ANA-058048) Éditeur | Lieu de publication Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College | Portland, OR, USA Langue Anglais Pays/Territoire États-Unis d'Amérique Sujet Terre et sols Mot clé Droits de propriété Résumé 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 '.