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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 '.