Before Eminent Domain: Toward a History of Expropriation of Land for the Common Good (Studies in Legal History)

by Susan Reynolds (Author)

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  2014

  $35.97

  In this concise history of expropriation of land for the common good in Europe and North America from medieval times to 1800, Susan Reynolds contextualizes the history of an important legal doctrine regarding the relationship between government and the institution of private property. Before Eminent Domain concentrates on western Europe and the English colonies in America.