Property Rights Apologia

Alexandra Klass takes the eminent domain reform movement to task for not emphasizing natural resources takings, whereby extractive industries are given the power to condemn land for private enrichment. She writes that property rights are "allocated" by "society" in order to meet...

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Published in:Regulation (Washington. 1977) 2008-10, Vol.31 (3), p.3
Main Author: Sandefur, Timothy
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Advocacy
Conservation
Eminent domain
Klass, Alexandra
Property rights
Redevelopment
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Summary:Alexandra Klass takes the eminent domain reform movement to task for not emphasizing natural resources takings, whereby extractive industries are given the power to condemn land for private enrichment. She writes that property rights are "allocated" by "society" in order to meet the needs of the public, and that such allocations should change as times and circumstances change. In fact, property rights are not allocated by society but derive from a person's inherent right to his own life and labor. What the eminent domain reform movement is attempting is not so much a particular reform in a specific area of property law, but to reawaken Americans to their lost constitutional heritage.
ISSN:0147-0590
1931-0668